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China to host first international real estate conference in June (People's Daily) - China will invite global investment and construction leaders to its first international real estate conference to be held in Shanghai in June.

Cendant Real Estate Services Announces New Company Name: Realogy Corporation (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Feb. 24 — The Cendant Real Estate Services Division announced the new name under which it will operate as a standalone, publicly traded company: Realogy Corporation. The name change will take effect upon the completion of its previously announced spin-off from Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD), anticipated during the second quarter of 2006.

Growth rate of Beijing's real estate investment decreases in 2005 (People's Daily) - Investment in Beijing's real estate sector only grew 3.5 percent to 152.5 billion yuan (18.8 billion U.S. dollars) in 2005, a marked decrease in the growth-rate of 22.5 percent from the previous year.

Predatory Lending, Other Real Estate Scams Targeting Latinos on Rise (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Feb. 24 — Drawn to the American dream of homeownership – yet unfamiliar with U.S. real estate practices and wary to report abuse – Latinos are twice as likely as other groups to be targeted by a growing wave of predatory lending and other real estate con games.

Realty Information Systems, Inc. dba Help-U-Sell Real Estate Appoints Executive Team (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Feb. 24 — Steve Ozonian, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and the Board of Directors of Realty Information Systems, Inc. dba Help-U-Sell® Real Estate are pleased to announce the appointment of Bryan Drakulich as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer; Laura D. Buser as Senior Vice President Marketing and Communications; and Michael A. Agee as Senior Vice

McLaughlin Group Realtors Joins Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Feb. 24 — Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., a Prudential Financial, Inc. company, announced the affiliation of McLaughlin Group Realtors, now operating as Prudential McLaughlin, Realtors.

Cendant Real Estate Services Announces New Company Name: Realogy Corporation (FinanzNachrichten) - PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cendant Real Estate Services Division today announced the new name under which it will operate as a standalone, publicly traded company: Realogy Corporation.

Taxmen zero in on real estate builders (Business Standard India) - The Directorate of Service Tax has decided to tighten the screws on real estate builders in order to mop up as much revenue as possible in the remaining days of the current fiscal year.

Lakeview Hotel Real Estate Investment Trust - Hotel Acquisitions and Increase in Monthly Distributions (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) - Lakeview Hotel Real Estate Investment Trust announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire a 90 room, limited service hotel in central Alberta. This purchase is in addition to a previously announced pending purchase of a 45 room, limited service hotel in central Alberta which, together, would bring the number of Lakeview Hotel REIT hotels in that province to six.

Hypo Real Estate deal opens door to Australian mkt (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - SYDNEY, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Strong investor interest in a debt offering from Hypo Real Estate Bank International this week could see other German mortgage lenders offer Pfandbriefe structured deals in Australia, the deal's lead manager said on Thursday.