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Real Estate Live (Washington Post) - Welcome to Real Estate Live, an online discussion of the Washington area housing market with Post Real Estate editor Maryann Haggerty.

Ex-I.R.S. Agent Says Tax Evasion by Real Estate Partners Is Huge (New York Times) - Investors in real estate partnerships evade billions of dollars in federal taxes each year, a former specialist in partnerships for the I.R.S. said Thursday.

Feds probe real estate deals (Chicago Tribune) - Commissions earned by Patricia Blagojevich part of corruption inquiry. Administration: She's done nothing wrong. Federal agents are investigating real estate deals involving Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife as part of a three-year corruption probe into allegations of favoritism and fraud within his administration.

Report: Feds investigate real estate deals of governor's wife (The Pantagraph) - CHICAGO -- Federal investigators are looking into real estate deals involving Gov. Rod Blagojevich�s wife, including the sale of a $3.2 million home owned by one of the governor�s campaign donors, according to a published report.

SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT: Report: Feds investigate real estate deals of governor's wife (The Journal-Standard) - CHICAGO (AP) - Federal investigators are looking into real estate deals involving Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife, including the sale of a $3.2 million home owned by one of the governor's campaign donors, according to a published report.

Finance World Altered by Real Estate Market Turmoil (Commercial Property News) - As the year 2007 -- arguably one of the most difficult in recent history for the real estate industry -- comes to a close, industry leaders are in hot debate as to the effects the downturn has been having on the financial world as a whole.

UMW to announce real-estate plan (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - FREDERICKSBURG -- The University of Mary Washington plans to make what officials are calling a major real-estate announcement today. University officials declined to elaborate, except to say the announcement concerns the immediate Fredericksburg area. The university, which has campuses in Fredericksburg and Stafford County, is already developing plans to build facilities near Dahlgren in King ...

Don't pay money to get deed copy for your property, real estate agent warns (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) - A Paso Robles real estate agent wants to warn residents about a suspect business sending letters to North County homeowners. Ed Steinbeck said that several of his clients have received solicitations from “National Deed Service, Inc.” The letter states that homeowners should have a copy of the deed to their home or property on hand for their records. The company offers to provide one for $69.50.

DJ DGAP-PVR: Adler Real Estate AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities ... (Finanztreff.de) - Adler Real Estate AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 07.12.2007 Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

A Crash Course for Surviving the Real Estate Market's Nosedive (Law.com) - When Pamela Rothenberg switched to real estate law, she thought she'd found the type and volume of transactional legal work she was interested in pursuing. But nobody told her about the real estate cycle -- that it has boom and bust times. So now that we've entered a period of stagnation, Rothenberg shares some of the approaches that she is in the process of pursuing, in the hope that they might ...