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Investors Real Estate sets quarterly dividend of 16.85 cents (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Investors Real Estate Trust said Thursday its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 16.85 cents. The real estate investment trust said the dividend is payable July 1 to shareholders of record June 16.

Real estate agents punished for 'under-quoting' (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Thirteen Sydney real estate agents have been disciplined for under-quoting house prices after a New South Wales Government investigation.

Real estate agents busted for low quotes (Daily Telegraph) - TOP real estate agents face legal action for quoting misleading low prices to prospective buyers, after months of inquiries by the Office of Fair Trading.

UNCC Center for Real Estate launches $4M campaign drive (BizJournals) - UNC Charlotte's Center for Real Estate has launched a $4 million fund-raising campaign to provide scholarships and endow a professorship in the field.

Former Sunnyvale real estate agent could face more prison time (San Jose Mercury News) - In a closing chapter of a long, drawn-out legal case, a 49-year-old ex-real estate agent from Sunnyvale will likely end up with a longer sentence for engineering a real estate scam.

J.C. Flowers Publishes Hypo Real Estate Stake Offer (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) - May 23 (Bloomberg) -- J.C. Flowers & Co., the buyout firm run by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Christopher Flowers , published its offer to buy up to 24.9 percent of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG , first announced April 16.

Trial postponed in murder of real estate agent (Wisconsin State Journal) - Trial was indefinitely postponed Friday for James A. Hole, charged with killing a Cambridge real estate agent March 18 by beating her with a fireplace poker, choking her with her own scarf and setting a fire to destroy evidence. Defense attorney Jeff de la Rosa said the trial, originally set to begin in July, was delayed by Jefferson County Circuit Judge Jacqueline Erwin after the defense argued ...

Real estate agents busted for low quotes (News Interactive) - TOP real estate agents are facing legal action for quoting misleading low prices to prospective buyers.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Acquires Sterling Medical . Office Building for $6.5 Million (InfoBolsa) - Office Building for $6.5 Million 23/05/2008 16:32:00 Business Wire US9396531017 Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) (NYSE:WRE) has acquired Sterling Medical Office Building, a two-story, 36,000 square foot medical office building located in Sterling, Virginia for $6.5 million.

Real Estate and Development (In Business Las Vegas) - Donna Gold knows something about the roller-coaster ride that's Las Vegas real estate. After moving from California to Las Vegas in 2000, Gold thought she had come to the land of milk and honey.