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Minority leaders form real estate firm (BizJournals) - Three prominent black business executives have formed a real estate development company that plans to compete for private- and public-sector projects.

UPDATE: Tips For Those Planning On Selling Without A Real Estate Agent (Nasdaq) - CHICAGO (Dow Jones) -- With all the online real-estate information available to home sellers nowadays, it's not surprising that some of them consider selling without the help of a real estate agent.

Realize Big Returns with Real Estate (Kewanee Star Courier) - (ARA) - It's a buyer's market, which is great news for real estate investors. There are profits to be made just about everywhere you turn these days.

Authorities search for missing real estate agent (Bristol Herald Courier) - Authorities are asking for your help in finding a missing real estate agent. The Unicoi County Sheriff's Department says John Mark Keesecker was last seen Friday night leaving Johnson City going south on Interstate 26.

Hildebrand gets top real estate honor (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier) - CHARLESTON -- Tom Hildebrand of Coldwell Banker Classic Real Estate’s Charleston office was recently named the Central Illinois Board of Realtors’ Realtor of the Year for 2007.

In tough real estate market, appraisers under pressure (San Francisco Chronicle) - With the Bay Area real estate boom splitting into so many divergent microtrends -- some neighborhoods careening southward, others chugging along, with still others gaining speed despite all odds -- the necessity of an accurate appraisal has become more...

A modest proposal for culling real estate agents (San Francisco Chronicle) - Q: As a Realtor for 30 years and an attorney, my time is worth far more than the $100 an hour you think real-estate agents are worth. I give the highest level of professional advice to my clients and I handle their largest asset to protect them from legal...

Real estate agent subject of drug raid (Palatka Daily News) - An employee of a Palatka real estate agency was arrested after a drug bust turned up cocaine and marijuana at his residence Friday morning, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.

Real estate transactions (Poughkeepsie Journal) - Beacon Kent Street Selling price: $320,000 Listing price: $339,900 1,300 s.f., 6 rms, 3 brs, 1 bath, two-story, built 1870, 0.13 ac. Brokers: Kahn Realtors, Newburgh; Houlihan Lawrence Real Estate Centers,Cold Spring.

Real estate transactions (Star-Gazette) - Chemung County Real estate transactions are public records obtained by the Star-Gazette from deeds on file in the county clerks' offices. Real estate agencies do not provide the information.