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Real estate transactions for July 20-24 (The Shawnee News-Star) - The following are real estate transactions filed between July 20-24 in Pottawatomie County:

Former Naples mayor, real estate businessman Downing dies at 87 (Naples Daily News) - A former Naples mayor, prominent real estate businessman and the first Republican elected in Collier County, Wesley Girard Downing, Sr., died on Thursday, according to family members. Downing was 87.

Business : Real Estate Firms Integrate Emcredit Services into Risk Management (Khaleej Times) - DUBAI - Real estate firms Landmark Properties and New England International Real Estate are integrating Emcredit’s cheque-reporting solution, emBounce, into their business processes further enhancing their risk management practices.

Real Estate Transactions - August 2 (Americus Times-Recorder) - The following real estate transactions were recently recorded at the Sumter County Courthouse. • The Salvation Army sold property located at 609 E. Lamar St. to South West Georgia Healthcare for $93, 000.

Scott Toberman, real estate developer, pleads guilty to stealing $1.5 million (Chicago Tribune) - A commercial real estate developer who once proposed constructing the world's tallest building in the Loop pleaded guilty Friday to stealing at least $1.5 million from owners and tenants of properties managed by his Chicago-based company.

Equity International May Open Brazil Real Estate Unit (Update1) (Bloomberg) - July 31 (Bloomberg) -- Sam Zell’s Equity International may open a real estate financing company in Brazil as record-low interest rates in Latin America’s biggest economy boost demand for alternative investments.

Real estate briefs (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) - Learn about careers in real estate, home loans and first-time home-buying.

Is a Vegetarian Real Estate Agent More Trustworthy? (BusinessWeek) - A San Francisco Bay-area real estate broker is targeting his message to an unlike group of buyers and sellers: Vegetarians. I'm not sure what an agent's eating habits have to do with his ability to sell houses, but I'm sure the pitch is more likely to work in San Francisco than, say, Houston. This is how Daniel Berman of Pacific Century Realty explains it on his VeggieReeltor.com Web site (Yes, ...

Real estate restitution payments decline (New Haven Register) - The state Department of Consumer Protection issued $25,000 in restitution payments from the Real Estate Guaranty Fund during the fiscal year that ended June 30 to cover consumer claims over misdeeds in property transactions.

Real Estate Weekly: Home buyers, sellers less happy with agents (Market Watch) - Don’t miss these top real-estate stories.