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Hypo Real Estate FRN ISSUE increased to A$225 mln (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - SYDNEY, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Germany's Hypo Real Estate Bank International AG debut kangaroo debt issue has been increased to A$225 million ($167 million) from A$200 million, lead manager ABN AMRO said on Monday.

Real estate specialist recruited (The Herald) - Law firm Anderson Strathern has hired corporate real estate and finance specialist James Blair, pictured, to head its corporate finance team.

Bilingual real estate agents in high demand (The Olympian) - EUGENE, Ore. — Getting ready to move to Eugene from Arizona last summer, Jesus Ochoa and his family knew one thing for sure: They wanted a real estate agent who spoke Spanish to help them find their new home.

Zillow: Pornography for the real estate-obsessed (San Francisco Chronicle) - Real estate: It's pure pornography. That's how one of our former real estate editors always described it and I think the analogy is brilliant. People are obsessed by real estate. They like to look at pictures and fantasize about it. And the Internet is...

All that glitters isn't golden for state's real estate agents (Los Angeles Times) - More than half of California's real estate agents quit within their first five years, according to a recent study.

For some investors, real estate may have lost its rosy glow (Los Angeles Times) - Will investors continue to purchase residential real estate at a record pace, or will they return to the stock market, where analysts believe moderate gains are on the horizon?

50,000 real estate professionals to convene online Feb. 20 (Asbury Park Press) - The fifth annual National Real Estate On-Line Convention and Exposition www.REcyber.com/preconvention/ will attract the largest gathering of real estate professionals to ever convene.

Weichert Real Estate Affiliates marks anniversary and opening of 200th office (Asbury Park Press) - Weichert Real Estate Affiliates Inc., the franchise arm of Weichert, Realtors, the nation's largest privately owned provider of home ownership services, is celebrating two milestone events.

REAL ESTATE (The Pueblo Chieftain Online) - Agent honors Real estate agents of the year include: Larry D. Thompson and Alyce Simmer, tie, Century 21-Pueblo West. Real estate agents of the month include: January - Tracy Schneider, Century 21-Pueblo West; Pat McEvoy, RE/MAX-Pueblo; Darris Taylor, RE/MAX-Pueblo West; Nick Katzer, RE/MAX-Central. Real estate agencies may submit information on their agent honors for publication in The

Soaring real estate prices boost Woodstock grand list (Norwich Bulletin) - WOODSTOCK — Recent property revaluations show real estate in Woodstock is red hot. Tax assessor Lynn Byberg pulled records of some recent home sales. A condo on Woodland Park Estate that sold for $80,000 in 2000 sold for $157,000 in 2005.