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Real estate leads Tokyo shares higher (FT.com via Yahoo! News) - Real estate stocks continued their strong ascent on Tuesday morning, untroubled by sharp swings in other stocks caused by a mixed bunch of earnings results.

Cooling Real Estate Market Pulls Welcome Mat for New Agents (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Feb. 7 — (KRT) — Mike Dulock wanted to leave his family's seafood business and revolutionize the real estate industry, so he took a few classes and got his real estate license.

Fidelity real estate unit Pembroke buys D.C. property (BizJournals) - Pembroke Real Estate, the real estate development arm of Fidelity Investments, purchased a 183,000-square-foot office property in Washington D.C. The terms of the acquisition, including price, were not disclosed.

New real estate agency opens (BizJournals) - After six years as a broker at Realty Executives, Wichita agent Michael Gisick has opened up a new real estate firm.

Real Estate Prospecting Goes Modern (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Feb. 7 — The Internet revolution has changed the way consumers act. Many old prospecting techniques don’t work as well as they used to. This may explain why the median income of real estate sales associates actually declined about 8% last year, according to the National Association of Realtors®.

Buyers gain leverage in local real estate market (WBBH) - LEE COUNTY — Real estate experts say 2006 will be a different year for property values in Southwest Florida. The supply of homes has now surpassed demand and for the first time sellers are lowering their asking prices.

A Phone Call to Be Thankful For: Real Estate Agent Simon Conway Will Share His Tips on Turning a Single Call Into Seven (SYS-CON Media) - By viewing everyone as a potential investor,Orlando real estate agent Simon Conway already has $350,000 in commissionsin the bag for 2007. That's correct: 2007. He'll share his businesssecrets with real estate professionals across the nation as the upcomingguest on the MasterMind Conference Call series from HouseValues Inc.(NASDAQ: SOLD), a leading marketing partner for real estate and

Real Estate Forecast 2006 (Fort Worth Business Press) - To view predictions from the speakers of the Real Estate Forecast on Jan. 18, please click on the PowerPoint icons below. Each presentation is in its complete form.

Hot real estate market forecast to stay hot (Inside Tuscon Business) - Southern Arizona’s real estate market continues to cook and even the traditionally lukewarm sectors are feeling the heat.

2006 Real Estate Market Faces Uncertainty (Turks.US) - There are so much uncertainty that is surrounding the real estate market. As some investors questioned their market whether they'll still get record market this year, or is stock market an option or will it be just a moderate gains for them?