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Real estate tours help find that retirement destination (USA Today) - With a glut of baby boomers hurtling down the pike toward retirement, a number of tour operators are targeting them with real estate jaunts to pretty places where the living is easy and more affordable. Tour organizers tout their ability to vet developers, agents, lawyers and the like, on behalf of newcomers clueless to the ways things work in foreign lands.

Redfin founder is leaving online real estate company (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Redfin founder David Eraker is leaving the Seattle online real estate company.

NAR PULSE: NAR Best Seller Series - Real Estate Riches (Real Estate News) - 'Real Estate Riches' (item #141-75) outlines why real estate is one of the best investments people can make. It walks both new and seasoned investors through the steps of making the decision to invest and explains the financial benefits of owning property. It's a great tool for real estate professionals to educate clients who are new to investing, as well as anyone who wants to get into the real

China's real estate investments surge 24 pct (People's Daily) - Investment in China's real estate sector rose 24 percent in July on the same month last year, reaching 941.1 billion yuan (117.6 billion US dollars), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday.

`Real estate transparency in India better' (The Hindu) - Australia and New Zealand retained their top positions on the real estate transparency index. Real estate markets around the world have become increasingly transparent over the past two years, driven by the rise of cross-border investment opportunities and multinational occupiers.

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ENSR Conference Addresses Managing Contaminated Real Estate in Alabama (RedNova) - BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- ENSR is presenting a full day conference on Managing and Investigating Contaminated Real Estate in Alabama at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel on October 4th 2006.

Real estate mood could shift from worry to wonder (Inside Tuscon Business) - A few years from now, people will be wondering why Tucson’s real estate industry was concerned about the future. That’s the forecast of retail specialist Pete Villaescusa, first vice president CB Richard Ellis Tucson.

Construction, Property & Real Estate (Mondaq) - Environmental issues play a large role in many real estate transactions today. Current laws impose significant environmental liabilities on purchasers, sellers and lenders involved in real estate deals, regardless of who caused the problem or whether they are present owners of the property.

Visionaries Join Forces in Multi-Family Real Estate Market (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - The Picerne Group, a leading international investment firm with an extensive portfolio of loan and real estate assets, announced today the acquisition of Crown Pacific Properties to form a new subsidiary, TPG Apartment Group.