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Commercial real estate gets worse (USA Today) - The commercial real estate downturn is deepening, threatening to slow the economic recovery.

Fed Extends TALF Program for Commercial Real Estate (Update2) (Bloomberg) - Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve extended by three to six months an emergency program aimed at restarting credit markets, a move that may cushion the commercial real- estate industry from rising defaults and falling prices.

Real estate agents spent $3.8M lobbying in 2Q (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The trade group for real estate agents spent more than $3.8 million lobbying the federal government in the second quarter as it pressed for measures to aid the housing market, according to a recent disclosure form.

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts spent $470,000 lobbying in 2nd quarter (The Washington DC Examiner) - WASHINGTON — The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts spent $470,000 in the second quarter to lobby on taxation and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report.

UCF plans master's degree in real estate (Orlando Sentinel) - The University of Central Florida's board of trustees is expected next month to approve a master's degree program in real estate, to start as soon as the fall of 2010.

Ordinance regarding real estate transfer taxes OK'd in Everson (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - Everson Borough Council adopted a new real estate transfer tax collection ordinance Monday.

Attorney seeks funds to buy distressed real estate (Las Vegas Review-Journal) - A Henderson real estate attorney is trying to raise $25 million by selling unsecured notes to affluent investors so that he can buy distressed real estate and real estate loans in Nevada.

Commercial real estate facing 'trying times'; no bounceback as in residential (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) - VANCOUVER, B.C. - Canada's housing market may appear to be on the fast track to recovery but commercial real estate, which includes office buildings, industrial and retail space, still faces "very trying times," two reports released Monday show.

Report says pine beetle could take a bite out of Alberta real estate values (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) - EDMONTON - A new report says the destructive mountain pine beetle may take a bite out of the real estate market in parts of Alberta.

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