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Stars' new-home team: Real estate co. helps athletes on the move (Boston Herald) - All he needs now is an infomercial. Preferably on ESPN. Ed Kaminsky's real estate firm has a very specific niche: the small-but-wealthy universe of professional athletes. And his marketing literature...

JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Jeff Bond, left, moderator for one of the special topic sections of Thursday's Real Estate (Coeur d'Alene Press) - COEUR d'ALENE -- Whether the days of double-digit inflation rates for North Idaho real estate are over or not remains to be seen. Whether they're good for the local economy or not depends on who you ask, or maybe on when you bought.

Real estate to see an improvement (Bangkok Post) - A real estate world congress in May and better enforcement of brokerage laws should help improve industry standards this year, according to property specialists.

Panel sees cooling in Fresno area real estate (San Jose Mercury News) - Central Valley real estate will continue to be a good investment at least for this year, although appreciation rates will likely decline from record levels of previous years, analysts said this week.

Arab Bank, Saraya Holdings launch $250m Saraya Real Estate MENA Fund (MENAFN) - Arab Bank, Saraya Holdings launch $250m Saraya Real Estate MENA Fund

Zillow gets licenses to sell real estate No plans to take on agents, though (Seattle Post - Intelligencer Traffic) - Zillow.com has received real estate brokerage licenses for Washington and a handful of other states, but the Seattle company says it has no intention of competing against real estate agents by selling homes directly to consumers through its Web site.

Sebi norms on real estate funds, short selling soon (Express India) - Ruling out any relaxation in regulations, market regulator Sebi on Saturday said it will examine allowing real estate funds, short selling by big investors and broadbase the system of stock lending and borrowing.

Sebi to set rules for real estate funds soon (The Telegraph) - New Delhi, Feb. 18: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) today said it would soon come out with norms on real estate funds and allow short-selling by big investors.

Real estate Website values properties for free (Middle East Times) - SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA -- A real estate valuation Website that could alter US home-buying terrain launched on the Internet on Wednesday.

Real estate sales pump up profits for Maui Land (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) - Maui Land & Pineapple Co. 's net income soared 83.8 percent in the fourth quarter, when the company received $10.9 million in pretax gains from the sale of Upcountry Maui real estate.