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Although real estate frenzy seems over, mass layoffs not happening (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - Entering 2006, the real estate market has been stabilizing, meaning that sales activity has slowed due largely to rising mortgage rates. But the decline, or stabilization, of activity may soon affect the market in another way: downsizing.

Hypo Real Estate Pfrandbriefe A$ bond issue priced (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - SYDNEY, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Hypo Real Estate Bank International AG's debut Pfandbriefe 10-year debt issue in the Australian dollar bond market has been increased and priced, lead manager ABN AMRO said on Wednesday.

Real estate prices soar in Hyderabad (New Kerala) - By Mohammed Shafeeq, Hyderabad: An unprecedented IT boom has sent real estate prices skyrocketing in Hyderabad.

Real Estate Broker Convicted Of Theft, Fraud (KCCI 8 Iowa) - A Des Moines real estate broker could spend the rest of his life in prison for real estate deals that cost clients and investors millions of dollars.

From Hong Kong Shop Girl to Real Estate Apprentice Winner (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Feb. 22 — America is full of rags to riches stories of immigrants arriving with nothing but a knapsack full of hopes and dreams. Formally a Hong Kong shop girl working three jobs, Anita Lam’s goal was to try and get to the land where anything is possible … and today she just became the third biannual winner of the Real Estate Apprentice Foundation ( www.RealEstateApprentice.org ) Grant

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.

Real estate market may be cooling off (WBBH) - LEE COUNTY — The days of sitting on property for a few months and selling it for a big profit may be over. Some of Southwest Florida's biggest names in real estate are about to announce the effect of more than 16,000 homes on the market in our area.

British school opening in prime real estate (Crain's New York Business) - The British International School plans to open in September in prime real estate along the East River at 23rd Street.

Israel comptroller checking Olmert real estate deal (AlertNet) - JERUSALEM, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Israel's state comptroller has asked interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for real estate papers, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday, after a Web site reported he sold his home to an offshore company for an above-market price.

GE Real Estate Buying Three New Shopping Centers (GlobeSt.com) - TRNAVA, SLOVAKIA-GE Commercial Finance Real Estate is in the process of acquiring three shopping centers in Slovakia, one here that it has already acquired and two others that are under contract.