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Real Estate Man Charged in Ponzi Scheme (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - A real estate promoter was charged in a federal indictment unsealed Thursday with stealing tens of millions of dollars from investors in a Ponzi scheme and using the money to pay for jewelry, luxury automobiles, and credit card and tax bills.

The Many Languages of Real Estate (Washington Post) - Paul Bae, a real estate agent with Long & Foster's Columbia office, places two ads in the greater Baltimore edition of the Korea Times every Thursday to attract clients who don't speak English.

Carr Joins Real Estate Turnaround Company (Washington Post) - Thomas A. Carr, whose family name has been associated with Washington real estate for more than 100 years, announced yesterday that he joined a local real estate company specializing in finding ignored real estate properties and turning them around.

Real estate firm will expand at KCI (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Real estate services agency Haith & Co. will expand its intermodal facility at Kansas City International Airport, the Kansas City Aviation Department said.

Morgan Stanley reorganizes real estate banking, investing (Market Watch) - (This article was originally published Wednesday) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Morgan Stanley has promoted Jay Mantz, co-head of its rapidly growing real estate investment management business, to share leadership of a new direct investing group that will take more risk for the firm in pursuit of higher returns. The group includes real estate investment businesses, an infrastructure fund launched ...

Realize Big Returns with Real Estate (Hope Star) - (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.

Brazil Real Estate Co Even Construtora Unveils IPO Plans (Nasdaq) - SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian real estate company Even Construtora e Incorporadora SA on Thursday unveiled details of its initial public offering on the Brazilian Stock Exchange, or Bovespa.

Beth Wolff Realtors Joins Forces With GMAC Real Estate (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) - HOUSTON, March 8, 2007 -- Beth Wolff, Chairman and CEO of Beth Wolff Realtors, announced today that the firm has joined forces with GMAC Real Estate to provide residential real estate services in the greater Houston area.

Real Estate Guide 2007 (Bankrate.com) - National statistics are meaningful, but in real estate "location, location, location" means local trends trump all. The residential real estate fog that's engulfed the nation is starting to lift in favor of a far sunnier outlook, according to several real estate forecasters.

Real Estate Guide 2007 (Bankrate.com) - The real estate market was bed-ridden last year but 2007 brings new hope the market will get back on its feet. One of the most important things about the real estate market is that it can look entirely different, depending on where you're standing.