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Commercial real estate slumps hard in the Southland (Los Angeles Times) - Offices and warehouses empty out, even as rents decrease, in L.A., Riverside, Orange and San Bernardino counties. A turnaround might be years away. The lousy economy continues to quash the commercial real estate market, driving down rents and pushing out tenants.

The week's top postings from The Chronicle's real estate blog (sfgate.com/blogs/ontheblock) / Can brokers afford to ... (San Francisco Chronicle) - Given that the foreclosure market has helped fuel home sales over the year, it seems crazy that any real estate broker in his or her right mind would refuse that business. A sale is a commission, after all, no matter the flavor. But, according to the San... Sponsored Topics: Foreclosure - Real estate - Business - Real estate broker - Chronicle

Real Estate Notes (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - News, transactions and personnel moves in the real estate industry.

ACCC to crack down on real estate sector (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - The consumer watchdog, the ACCC, says the real estate industry has been put on notice.

ACCC to crack down on real estate sector (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says the real estate industry has been put on notice.

What NYC Real Estate Can $700K Buy? (NY1 News) - Just how far can $700,000 go in New York City real estate? NY1 Real Estate reporter Jill Urban found out and filed the following report. The first property in that range is a one-bedroom doorman building on East 18th Street.

Coldwell Banker Holtan Real Estate associates attend conference (Albert Lea Tribune) - Kisti Skaar, Dawn Freeman and Terry Fox, all of Albert Lea, sales associates for Coldwell Banker Holtan Real Estate, spent three days at the Coldwell Banker International Business Conference in San Antonio.

Finally, good signs in local real estate (Northwest Florida Daily News) - Numbers can mean different things to different people, but recent figures on the local housing market appear to provide some long-sought hope. Last year at this time, the big question in real estate on the Emerald Coast was still,

Agents playing havoc with real estate market (Gulf Times) - By Peter Townson Unscrupulous agents are creating difficulties for both tenants and landlords in the Qatari real estate market according to businesses, who are doing their best to warn prospective tenants to be careful about who they deal with.

Real-estate listings expanded on Google (Seattle Times) - Google may crush all other Internet-search portals, yet when it comes to real-estate listings, it's often less of a destination than a pit stop. But will that change?