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Own Real Estate But Not A House (Forbes) - Gain exposure to real estate without owning property. Here's how.

Police: Client shoots SC real estate broker (AP via Yahoo! News) - An 88-year-old client angrily seeking a down payment back on a deal shot a real estate broker in his office and then sat down in a nearby parking lot until police arrested him, authorities said Wednesday.

InPlay plans real-estate trust merger (The Arizona Republic) - Scottsdale's InPlay Technologies plans to merge with a real-estate investment firm.

CB Richard Ellis Plans ‘Real Estate Bank’ to Manage U.K. Debt (Bloomberg) - March 11 (Bloomberg) -- CB Richard Ellis Group Inc , the world’s largest property broker, is transforming its U.K. finance arm into a real-estate banking shop to deal with a surge in problem loans.

Man, 88, shoots real estate agent (Herald Sun) - AN 88-year-old man angrily demanding back a deposit on a deal shot a real estate broker in his office, US authorities said today.

A Real Estate Play That Pays (Washington Post) - A shrinking economy and frozen credit markets are a lethal combination for real estate investment trusts. The Dow Jones Wilshire REIT index lost 34% over the past year through February 6, as investors concluded that these toxic conditions would force many REITs to pare back generous common-stock dividends. REIT preferred shares did just as poorly.

Police: Client shoots SC real estate broker (The Charlotte Observer) - (By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press Writer) An 88-year-old client angrily seeking a down payment back on a deal shot a real estate broker in his office and then sat down in a nearby parking lot until police arrested him, authorities said Wednesday. A disgruntled Richard Blow burst into the office just after 2:20 p.m. and shot Jerry O'Neil, a 68-year-old broker with Coldwell Banker United Realtors, ...

Real estate agent admits kidnapping girl, 5 (The New Zealand Herald) - A North Shore real estate agent has admitted kidnapping a five-year-old girl with intent to hold her for ransom. Deqiong Deng, also known as Aaron, 25, had previously denied unlawfully abducting Cina Ma last year.

A Real Estate Play That Pays (Washington Post) - A shrinking economy and frozen credit markets are a lethal combination for real estate investment trusts. The Dow Jones Wilshire REIT index lost 34% over the past year through February 6, as investors concluded that these toxic conditions would force many REITs to pare back generous common-stock...

Real estate then and now (KING5 Seattle) - We checked in with some of the people who were stoking the fire and feeling the warm glow of success during the over-heated real estate market of a few years ago to see how they were doing.