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Asia's Real Estate Offers Better Value Than Stocks, Faber Says (Bloomberg.com) - March 13 (Bloomberg) -- Asian real estate offers better value than property stocks because the region's equity markets are still ``vulnerable,'' said Marc Faber, an investor who predicted the U.S. stock market crash in 1987.

TheStreet.com Ratings: Real Estate Funds (TheStreet.com) - The subprime market was rocked this week, which hurt a lot of real estate funds.

Five Long-Term Real Estate Picks (TheStreet.com) - Here's your key to the top real estate markets most likely to see strong and sustained growth.

Real Estate Investment Worldwide Balloons in '06 (Commercial Property News) - A new report by Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. put total investment in real estate worldwide in 2006 at a record $682 billion, a 38 percent increase over 2005, and nearly double the 2003 total.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust buys medical office building in D.C. (BizJournals) - Perseus Realty and Westbrook Partners sold 2440 M St. NW for $50 million to Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

Chamber site now offers site selection, real estate tools (BizJournals) - The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce's Committee of One Hundred has made a strategic move to include a greater real estate focus for its online presence.

Man held in attack on real estate agent 6:22 AM CDT (Dallas Morning News) - A man wanted for the attack of a real estate agent was being held in a North Texas jail Monday. Hood County Sheriff's deputies arrested 48-year-old Matthew Wilson Sunday after they alleged he used the victim's credit card. Mr. Wilson was being held in the Hood County Jail in Granbury.

Real estate wrap: Nevada company doesn't think South Jersey is a gamble (BizJournals) - Real estate wrap is the Philadelphia Business Journal's weekly list of recent real estate deals. Topping the list this week: DP Partners, confident in the South Jersey industrial market, has decided to begin construction of a second speculative distribution center in Logan, Gloucester County.

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Nathan Shapell, real estate developer and philanthropist, 85 (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles) - Nathan Shapell, renowned real estate developer and prominent philanthropist known throughout California, the United States, and Israel has passed away. He was 85.