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Unleashed from real estate, she walked into new career (The Charlotte Observer) - Tamara Miranda quit her job as a real estate agent at Coldwell Banker because she was tired of the slow-paced, commission-based work. Miranda, 48, had always worked in white-collar management positions. She was the manager of a local Fresh Market grocery store for a couple of years before she entered the real estate world in 2004.

Investing: Real estate funds soaring from clobbering (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - In recent months, real estate investment trusts and the funds that invest in them have been going like a house on fire, soaring 29.5 percent in April.

Real estate people (Asheville Citizen-Times) - Do you have real estate news? Send it to business@CITIZEN-TIMES.com, with “real estate people” in the subject line. We will publish real estate items as soon as possible, in the order in which they were received.

Unique and Comprehensive IDX Broker Search Tools Simplify and Speed Up the Online Real Estate Search Process (dBusinessNews.com) - EUGENE, ORE. – Coldwell Banker's Beth Brown has employed IDX, Inc. to update the search engine on her online real estate website, creating a much more efficient and simplistic property search for her clients.

Antares downfall: how a real estate empire crashed and burned (Connecticut Post) - They bought up real estate in Greenwich and Stamford like they were playing Monopoly. They built backcountry spec houses the size of big-box stores, sat behind home plate at Yankee Stadium, and

Real estate agents ready to roll out new program that will cover mortgage payments for owners who lose jobs (Wisconsin State Journal) - Local real estate companies are hoping to see more home sales through a new program that can help cover mortgage payments for buyers who lose their jobs. Part marketing tool and part safety net, the product, known as the Job Loss Protection Program, offers benefits to both buyers and sellers in a home-sale transaction, advocates said. Sellers, who pay $500 for the coverage at closing, get one ...

Investigators suspected hidden payoff, real-estate fraud (Victorville Daily Press) - SAN BERNARDINO • County prosecutors suspected former San Bernardino County Assessor Bill Postmus committed real-estate fraud and tried to conceal a $100,000 payment for helping facilitate a $102 million county settlement, according to court

Some real estate agents in NY's Hamptons see rally (AP via Yahoo! News) - Few real estate markets got hit harder by the recession than the Hamptons, Long Island's summer playground for the rich and famous.

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.

Real estate seminars (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) - Local events and seminars on real estate issues.