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Williams Gateway spurs real estate market to take off (BizJournals) - Development at Williams Gateway Airport continues to drive up real estate prices. And there's more on the way.

Duraibi Case Settlement May Kickstart Real Estate Market (Arab News) - JEDDAH, 27 February 2006 — Real estate developers are looking forward for a pick up in investment activity after the clearance of Duraibi case and the continued unpredictability of the stock market.

Lawyer Debunks Space Real Estate Business (SpaceDaily) - by Staff Writers Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2006 Before you purchase a certificate offering the Moon to the love of your life, check with space law expert Virgiliu Pop. In a groundbreaking book, "Unreal Estate - The Men who Sold the Moon", Mr. Pop comes with legal arguments as to why one cannot actually buy extraterrestrial real estate.

Review your listing agreement you made with your real estate agent (Belleville News-Democrat) - Q. I have put my house which is vacant (after I moved out in August 2003) on sale with the real estate agent on June 1, 2005, and my contract expires June 1, 2006, with this agent. Due to unforeseen circumstances, my sister-in-law now wants to buy this house. Do I owe any commission to my agent? Please let me know if I am legally obliged to pay her the commission.

Real Estate / Niagara County property transactions (The Buffalo News) - These real estate transactions are listed in the records of the Niagara County clerk. In most cases, the address and the exact price of the property are not given. Amounts listed below are calculated by the amount of real estate transfer tax paid.

Real Estate Transfers (Centre Daily Times) - Real Estate Transfers The following property transactions, those most recently released to the Centre Daily Times, were recorded from Jan. 23, 2006, through Jan. 27, 2006, in the office of the Centre County Recorder of Deeds.

Former real estate agent gets six years for illegal Orange County condo scheme (KESQ) - SANTA ANA, Calif. A former real estate agent has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for bilking Orange County homebuyers out of millions of dollars by selling illegally converted condominiums.

Real Estate Agent Sentenced For Bilking Homebuyers (CBS 2 Los Angeles) - A former real estate agent has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for bilking Orange County homebuyers out of millions of dollars by selling illegally converted condominiums.

David Templeton's Seldom Seen: Real estate agent sold on miners' riot plot (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Combine coalfield history with troubling dreams, a hottie teacher and a cave-hopping ghost, and what's the result? How about an intriguing historical novel written by a local real estate agent?

Opinion states county must purchase real estate for township right-of-ways (The Advertiser-Tribune) - A recent opinion by the Seneca County Prosecutor's Office may have several implications as to the purchase of real estate for right-of-way and road improvement issues in the county.