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Real Estate Agents Indicted In Alleged $40 Million Mortgage Scam (NBC 4 Los Angeles) - Two local real estate agents and two property appraisers have been indicted for allegedly taking part in a $40 million scam involving inflated mortgages for homes sold in Beverly Hills, Malibu, Bel Air and Holmby Hills.

Japanese Private Real Estate Funds Growth Weakens In H1-Nikkei (Nasdaq) - (RTTNews) - Increasing land prices in the central Tokyo area weakened the growth of privately held real estate investment funds during the first half of the year, quoting a recent survey from the STB research institutions, Nikkei reported Friday.

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Yahoo Seals Deal With Major Real Estate Firm (WebProNews) - Brands that fall under Realogy Corporation’s umbrella will now be able to list their properties on Yahoo Real Estate, and I know that this news has caused rather few of you to jump out of your chairs or shout in surprise. It’s a pretty big deal, however - Realogy’s “residential brands” include Century 21, Coldwell Banker, ERA, and Sotheby’s International Realty. Michael Yang, Yahoo Real ...

Georgia real estate firm buys land for Westinghouse expansion (The Scranton Times-Tribune) - A Georgia real estate firm bought an 82-acre site where new offices for Westinghouse Electric Co. will be built.

Mollie Bender, 85, of Gottlieb real estate family (The Villager) - Mollie Bender, partner with her late brother Bill Gottlieb, her husband, Irving Bender, and her son, Neil Bender, in the family real estate business, died July 1 in her West Village home at the age of 85.

REAL ESTATE BOOMING IN FERGHANA VALLEY (EurasiaNet.org) - Prices for real estate are booming across Central Asia’s Ferghana Valley in what some observers fear could stoke unrest in an overpopulated region. There are also concerns that the boom is actually a bubble whose eventual burst could have serious economic ramifications for the entire region.

Real Estate: Christie Brinkley's soon-to-be Hamptons home (Newsday) - Supermodel Christie Brinkley is set to close on a new addition to her East End real estate portfolio as early as next week, a source has told Newsday.

Real estate firm denies Dunlop's charge (Chennai Online via Yahoo! India News) - Chennai, August 2: Real estate company VGN today sought to clarify allegations against them by the management of Dunlop that they were trying to usurp Dunlop's land.

Real estate broker admits bilking investors (San Francisco Chronicle) - A real estate broker from Hillsborough faces as much as 169 years in prison after pleading no contest to felony charges that he bilked investors out of more than $43 million. Michael Schneider, 44, pleaded no contest Tuesday to 173 felony counts,...