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Officials file charges in alleged real estate scam (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - A San Diego business has been shut down in connection with a real estate scam that victimized as many as 400 homeowners in San Diego County, federal and state authorities announced Thursday.

Finance dep"t bucks tax perks on real estate investment trusts (GMA News) - MANILA, Philippines - A proposal for generous tax incentives on real estate investment trusts (REITs) should not create more opportunities for tax arbitrage among capital market players, the Department of Finance has said.

Real estate school selects first scholar (Orlando Sentinel) - Randy Anderson will direct a research and education institute for the UCF program. The former president of CNL Real Estate Advisors, Randy I. Anderson, has been selected to lead the University of Central Florida's new real estate school as it prepares to expand in one of the nation's fastest-growing regions.

Pegasus Real Estate signs up for BIPEX (Gulf Daily News) - MANAMA: Bahrain's Pegasus Real Estate Company has signed on to take part in BIPEX 2008, the country's premier property show. The event, organised by the Bahrain Society of Engineers (BSE), will be held at the Bahrain International Convention Centre from October 23 to 25.

Hunt Real Estate acquires Sarasota's Capital Properties (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune) - Hunt Real Estate Corp. has acquired Capital Properties and Services Inc. of Sarasota, the New York company's second deal in Southwest Florida since December.

Firm has new approach to real estate development (Gulf Daily News) - MANAMA: Manara Developments has been launched with a new approach to real estate development. The company, which started operations in March, has around six to seven projects ranging from light industrial to residential and mixed use.

DLA Piper snags WilmerHale partner for real estate operation (Boston Business Journal) - Law firm DLA Piper US LLP has hired Joseph J. Christian as a partner in the firm's Real Estate practice group in Boston, the firm said on Thursday.

Tips In Designing Your Real Estate Blog (Turks.US) - Making a blog is definitely one way to promote your Internet presence -- more so in the case of online business, especially real estate.

Investors Real Estate Trust Announces Increase in Regular Quarterly Common Share Distribution, and Declares Series A ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) - Investors Real Estate Trust (NASDAQ: IRETP) announced that its Board of Trustees has declared a regular quarterly distribution of 16.85 cents per share/unit payable on July 1, 2008, to common shareholders and unitholders of record at the close of business on June 16, 2008. The distribution reinvestment price will be the closing NASDAQ share price on July 1, 2008, less a discount of 5%. The ...

Investors Real Estate Trust Announces Record Date for 2008 Annual Meeting (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) - Investors Real Estate Trust (NASDAQ: IRETP) announced that its Board of Trustees has scheduled the Company's 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders for Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.