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Real Estate Agent Raped, Stabbed In Corona (CBS 2 Los Angeles) - Authorities say a real estate agent was raped and repeatedly stabbed by a man to whom she was showing a vacant home in Corona. The woman was savagely injured but managed to fight off her attacker, and is expected to survive, Corona police said.

Checking In on Real Estate Funds (TheStreet.com) - The housing sector fared poorly this week. Here's a look at how real estate funds performed amid the problems.

SPECIAL REPORT: Real estate schools stay busy despite downturn (Naples Daily News) - Despite a drop of more than 1,300 real estate licenses issued to professionals in Lee and Collier counties during 2005, the number of newly issued or renewed licenses has rebounded. People invested time, energy and money in real estate licenses. Most did not trash their licenses after the housing industry tanked, real estate school officials said.

Real Estate Live (Washington Post) - Welcome to Real Estate Live, an online discussion of the Washington area housing market with Post Real Estate editor Maryann Haggerty.

Cambodia's thriving real estate market enriches the elite and sidelines the poor (Philstar.com) - PHNOM PENH (AP) - An old hospital was razed to make way for Phnom Penh's tallest building - a 42-story twin condominium tower. A garbage-strewn slum became prime real estate after police evicted its dwellers to a parched rice field outside the capital.

Entertainment diversion during real estate review (FreshPatents.com) - A method of enhancing personal reviews of available real estate which includes providing a vehicle that includes individually selectable entertainment for passengers in the vehicle. This provides a pleasant diversion during travel between real estate

The Daily American’s Spotlight on Business: Abby Real Estate (The West Frankfort Daily American) - Readers might be surprised to learn that there's a biochemist selling real estate right here in West Frankfort. But Abby Stewart, the broker/owner of Abby Real Estate, the focus of this week's Spotlight on Business, graduated from SIU in 1996 with a degree in just that academically rigorous field.

Woman stabbed in Corona likely real estate agent (The Press-Enterprise) - CORONA - Police are investigating the stabbing on Friday morning of a woman who may have been a real estate agent showing a vacant home in the 700 block of Silvestre Court.

Hypo Real Estate Fall as Fortis Prompts Subprime Fear (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) - March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Hypo Real Estate Holding AG fell to the lowest in more than four years after a decline in profit at Belgian financial services company Fortis stoked concern about subprime-related writedowns.

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