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Top Real Estate Equity Funds (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance) - For exposure to real estate, make sure Third Avenue Real Estate Value , Cohen & Steers Institutional Global Realty and Dreyfus Global Real Estate A reside in your portfolio.

Standard Life Investments Plans Two Real-Estate Recovery Funds (Bloomberg) - Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Standard Life Investments , Scotland’s second-largest money manager, plans to raise as much as 325 million pounds ($537 million) in equity for two real estate funds to exploit a two-year slide in commercial-property values.

Commercial real estate deals off, prices up (BizJournals) - Commercial real estate sales in metro Denver dropped 68 percent to $1.68 billion for the 12 months ended June 30, from the same period last year, according to a recent report by LoopNet Inc. (JLL) (HRP) (JPM) (GS) (FR) (PLD) (BLK) (EQR) (AIV)

Real Estate Fraud Division and Consumer Protection Division concludes civil prosecution (Santa Paula Times) - District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that the Real Estate Fraud Division and Consumer Protection Division have concluded a civil prosecution conducted against real estate businesses owned and operated by Oscar Soto Vasquez (DOB: 11/30/71) of Fillmore and his wife Delia.

Former real estate agent gets 15 years for mortgage fraud (KTTC Rochester) - A former Twin Cities real estate agent convicted of mortgage and identity fraud has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Notice to All Proshare Advisors UltraShort Real Estate Investors From the Securities Law Firm of Tramont Guerra & ... (Marketwire) - CORAL GABLES, FL--(Marketwire - August 14, 2009) - The Securities Law Firm of Tramont Guerra & Núñez, PA (TGN) makes an announcement to all investors in the Proshare Advisors UltraShort Real Estate ETF ( NYSE : SRS ) concerning the class action lawsuit (Case No. 09 CV 06935) filed on August, 5, 2009, in the United States District Court District of Southern District of New York. The class action ...

Chris Griffith: Here comes the next wave of real estate investors (Naples Daily News) - Here’s an interesting bit of information, about 60 percent of those sold properties were paid for with cash compared to about 31 percent five years ago. The investors are back and it looks like they’re taking a second run at the real estate market.

Local real estate CEO indicted in multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme (KSDK St. Louis) - Local real estate CEO indicted in multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme

Depressed real estate prices could lead to more parkland (The Daily Record) - Local and state governments in the Washington area are taking advantage of depressed real estate prices to snap up land for parks and wildlife refuges on the cheap.

Idaho Farm Real Estate Values Decrease (AG Weekly) - Idaho farm real estate values, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms averaged $2,200 per acre on January 1, 2009, down 12.0 percent from 2008, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.