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Dumping the Real-Estate Agent Can Spur Home Sale: John F. Wasik (Bloomberg.com) - Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- If you are selling property now in a market bedeviled by huge inventories of homes and a credit crunch, you could do better if you dumped your real-estate agent.

Leona Helmsley, Hotelier and Real Estate Icon, Dies (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) - Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Leona Helmsley, the real estate developer and hotel operator convicted of tax evasion and dubbed ``The Queen of Mean,'' died today. She was 87.

Leona Helmsley, Real Estate Developer and Hotel Owner, Dies (Bloomberg.com) - Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Leona Helmsley, the real estate developer and hotel operator who took over her husband's property empire and was imprisoned for tax evasion, died today. She was 87.

RERA to license and rank real estate brokers in Dubai (Khaleej Times) - DUBAI — Real estate brokers operating in Dubai will not only have to be registered and certified but they will also be ranked according to a new database that will be introduced by the newly created Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA), its CEO Marwan bin Ghalita said yesterday.

Despite paralysis, real estate agent goes back on job (The Pantagraph) - LeROY — Closing a home sale typically is a highlight of a real estate agent’s work, and for one local agent, a recent closing was truly cause for celebration.

Real estate forecast calls for record sales, prices in 2007 (CBC Edmonton) - Real estate prices and sales volumes are on track to set records this year, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday.

REAL ESTATE AGENCIES (St. Petersburg Times) - Advecs Real Estate Corporate (show on map) Member of Russian Realtors' Guild. Member of Realtors' Association of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region. 14 years on real estate market, more than 8 years on leasing market.

Global-real-estate-funds-to-partner-developers-for-highrise-buildings (Express India) - With land getting more and more scarce in Tier I and Tier II cities, international real estate funds, jointly with domestic property developers and real estate companies, are setting up high rise buildings in these cities.

Gloucester real estate transactions (Gloucester Daily Times) - Among the recent real estate transactions in Gloucester are:

German Stocks Advance, Led by Hypo Real Estate, Siemens, MAN (Bloomberg.com) - Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks gained, led by Hypo Real Estate Holding AG, the mortgage bank spun off from HVB Group. Siemens AG and MAN AG also advanced.