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Attorney General Targeting Real Estate Fraud (22 WSBT South Bend) - (AP) With mortgage fraud cases appearing across the state, Indiana's attorney general is mounting a vigorous prosecution of real estate brokers and salespeople.

Real estate values still increasing (Wisconsin State Journal) - The value of the average home in Madison rose just 2.8 percent last year, to $246,100, according to the annual assessor's report issued Friday. Overall, real estate increased 5.8 percent in 2006. Commercial property was up 7.9 percent and residential assessments grew 4.8 percent.

Realize Big Returns with Real Estate (Palladium 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.

Scottsdale real estate agent sells art with houses (East Valley Tribune) - When it comes to gaining a competitive edge in a slow housing market, Scottsdale real estate agent Jean Steed doesn't rule any idea out.

A real innovation in real estate (Canon City Daily Record) - It’s an innovative way to sell real estate in a newly renovated building. Tony Greer and his wife, Nan Sullivan, recently purchased the building at 901 Main St. in Cañon City for Keller Williams Premier Realty, which originally opened about a year ago in Creekside Mall.

Real estate companies back loan to theater (Asbury Park Press) - Two local real estate companies have come to the rescue of the Paper Mill Playhouse, one of the Northeast's premier nonprofit theaters, according to a newspaper report.

'No real-estate recession here' (The Victoria Advocate) - If you need proof that Victoria's real-estate market thrives amid reports nationally that the industry is in a recession, you may need look no further than David Marsh. The 55-year-old placed his 3,300-square-foot Victoria home on the market on a recent Wednesday.

RDR Real Estate buys downtown building, plans condos (Crain's Detroit Business) - Brighton-based RDR Real Estate L.L.C. has bought the former Detroit Elevator Co. building at 1938 Franklin and plans a $4 million redevelopment into 23 condominium units, RDR partner Doug Browne said.

Real estate Web site adds conversation space (San Jose Mercury News) - Zillow.com, a real estate Web site that attempts to keep track of the changing values of about 70 million homes nationwide, this week added features that allow any user to post photos of a home, ask or answer

REAL ESTATE BOOK REVIEW: 'Bubble book' shows how to profit (The Standard-Times) - Only serious real estate investors, brokers, sales agents and homeowners will read "Beyond the Bubble" by Michael C. Thomsett and Joshua Kahr. This is a serious thinking-person's book explaining so-called local "real estate bubbles" and how individuals...