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Realize Big Returns with Real Estate (Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch) - (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.

Arabs may spend $20b on global real estate in 2oo7 (Gulf News) - Dubai: Arab investors could spend $20 billion acquiring global real estate this year, an increase of more than 60 per cent on 2006, a leading property market expert said.

Real Estate Briefcase (San Antonio Express-News) - The San Antonio Young Real Estate Professionals will hold a mixer from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bourbon Street Seafood Kitchen, 2815 N. Loop 1604, near Redland Road.

Wrong ways to do real estate (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - With real estate showing signs of a rebound, investing in real property becomes more popular. Like any other endeavor, there's a right way and a wrong way to go about it. Here's a look at seven lethal missteps investors often take.

Real Estate Weekly -- April 13 (Market Watch) - Possibly the biggest real-estate news of the week came from the National Association of Realtors -- and it wasn't good. The trade group reported that U.S. home prices will likely fall 0.7% this year, the first nationwide drop in at least 38 years.

Real estate developer Harry Bennett dies at 88 (Stamford Advocate) - STAMFORD - Real estate trailblazer and philanthropist Harry Bennett, whose generosity led to a library dedicated in his name, died at Stamford Hospital yesterday after he suffered a heart attack.

Real estate agencies start up divisions to deal with foreclosures (East Valley Tribune) - With a rising number of Valley homeowners starting to miss mortgage payments, some local real estate agencies are capitalizing on a growing market niche - foreclosures.

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.

Sainsbury May Use Real Estate to Repay Shareholders (Update3) (Bloomberg.com) - April 13 (Bloomberg) -- J Sainsbury Plc may sell part of its 7.5 billion pounds ($15 billion) of real estate and use the money to pay investors after the U.K. supermarket chain spurned a takeover bid from CVC Capital Partners Ltd.

Licenses booming: Speaker gives facts at real estate meeting (Desert Sun) - The once-booming real estate market has indeed been a career draw: Roughly 1 in every 54 Californians holds a real estate license.