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Real Estate Broker Linked to Murder (WFTV 9 Orlando) - An Osceola County real estate broker, who lives in a high priced neighborhood, is being linked to a drug deal that led to murder. Bradley Swanson was arrested at his home in a ChampionsGate subdivision Thursday, in connection with a man found murdered earlier this month in Poinciana.

Real estate group comes up with driving lessons for poor (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) - A real estate company, P S Group, has taken up the initiative to train drivers from the underprivileged section, a step towards making them financially independent. The driving sector needs to be explored as there is a lack of trained drivers. With opportunities given to the underprivileged section of the society from orphanages, slums and juvenile homes, it will be a source of income for them in ...

Spain real estate sell-off eases (BBC News) - The sell-off in shares of Spanish real estate firms eases after falls that fanned fears of a property crash.

REAL ESTATE AGENCIES (St. Petersburg Times) - Advecs Rosstro Petrograd Agency (show on map) Member of Russian Realtors' Guild. Member of Realtors' Association of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region. 14 years on real estate market, more than 8 years on leasing market.

China's anti-graft body targets real estate corruption (People's Daily) - China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) has turned the focus of its anti-graft campaign on to officials taking bribes from real estate developers.

Local real estate a mixed bag: Prices still down, but picking up (The Davis Enterprise) - Published Apr 22, 2007 - 00:40:27 CDT. Mixed signals, and trends that aren't all pointing in the same direction - that's what many observers see in the Davis real estate market this spring.

DEAL OF THE DAY: GE Real Estate, BH Equities Acquire Dallas Apartment Community for $50M (Multi-Housing News) - APRIL 11, 2007 -- Stamford, Conn. -- GE Real Estate's North America Equity Division has partnered with BH Equities, in a joint venture acquisition of Autumn Chase Apartments, a Carrollton, Texas apartment community.

BankAtlantic's 1Q profits drop amid rise in troubled real estate loans (Sun-Sentinel) - BankAtlantic Bancorp. first-quarter profits dropped as the bank reported a sharp rise in troubled real estate loans.

Shares In Brazil's Real Estate Company Agra Soar After IPO (Nasdaq) - SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Shares of Brazilian real estate company Agra Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA (AGIN3.BR) were soaring at the start of the company's first trading day Thursday on the Brazilian Stock Exchange, or Bovespa.

Realize Big Returns with Real Estate (Evening Times) - (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.