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Chavez Guilty Of Real Estate Agent's Murder (KOAT TheNewMexicoChannel.com via Yahoo! News) - A jury has found Mario Chavez guilty of first-degree murder in the death of real estate agent Garland Taylor. Jurors also convicted 28-year-old Chavez of armed robbery and five counts of tampering with evidence.

Japan Hot Stocks-Real estate firms, Nikko Cordial (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - TOKYO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The following stocks are on the move on Tuesday: **REAL ESTATE FIRMS UP ON REPORT OF FIRST RENT HIKE IN 5 YRS**

Hypo Real Estate issues A$200 mln Pfrandbriefe deal (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - SYDNEY, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Hypo Real Estate Bank International AG has launched a A$200 million ($148 million) 10-year debt issue under a Pfandbriefe structure, lead manager ABN AMRO said on Tuesday.

Chinhae wins service award for real estate (Stars and Stripes) - PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — The family housing office at Chinhae Naval Base has won the Real Estate Award for Customer Service Excellence for the third year in a row.

Palm Jumeirah grows with the Dubai real estate market (Gowealthy) - Zabeel investments disclosed its plans to expand Palm Jumeirah with a residential real estate project, the Tiara Residence project, its first project and a very significant move in Dubai real estate which will comprise residential buildings and Anantara resorts.

Bubble or No Bubble, Investors Can Predict Real Estate Investment ROI (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Feb. 21 — The National Association of Residential Real Estate Investment Advisors (NARREIA) has released its proprietary Real Estate Investment ROI Cash Flow Calculator for free download.

Tampa Real Estate Big Hitter (Turks.US) - Some people have a new business idea and run with it, with great success, this is the case certainly for 34-year-old Stephen E. Johnston, who was the most successful real estate agent in Tampa in 2005. He sold 958 homes for $191,661,087. The second place spot sold $59 million.

Westfield Real Estate Investment Trust announces monthly cash distribution (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) - Westfield Real Estate Investment Trust announced that its trustees have declared its regular monthly cash distribution of $0.0875 per trust unit of Westfield for the month of February, 2006.

An assembly-line approach to real estate (The Herald-Tribune) - TAMPA -- It looks like a 34-year-old former roof cleaner has blown the roof off the Tampa real estate market in just three years.

Manatee banker sees real estate staying robust (The Herald-Tribune) - Anthony Dimauro, the senior regional sales manager for Fifth Third Bank in Manatee County, recently traded e-mails with staff writer Michael Braga about the state of the real estate and mortgage markets in Southwest Florida.