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Vacation home sales declining in northern Michigan, real estate agents say (SanLuisObispo.com) - DETROIT - Michigan's struggling economy is taking a toll on the once-thriving vacation home market in the state's rural north and Thumb regions, real estate agents said.

Real estate developer Martin Zeitlin dies (Tennessean) - Martin Leonard Zeitlin, a pioneering real estate developer and homebuilder who built his first house at 17, died yesterday at his home in west Nashville after battling liver cancer.

Real estate madness and New Orleans (San Francisco Chronicle) - For all of you waiting for a major quake to bring the cost of housing down to a tolerable level -- to democratize this city of real estate haves and have-nots -- don't count your square feet quite yet.

Globes [online] - Gmul Real Estate buys 4 Netanya lots for NIS 250m (Globes Online) - Projected sales proceeds from the 616 apartments to be constructed on the lots total NIS 1.2 billion. Gmul Real Estate has won an Israel Land Administration (ILA) tender for the lease of four lots zoned for construction of 616 apartments in the Ir Yamim neighborhood of Netanya.

DEVELOPMENT: NFL star taking up real estate (The Charlotte Observer) - NFL star taking up real estate In Weddington, Nickersons target athletes, execs Former NFL linebacker Hardy Nickerson hung up his pads after 16 years, but he's still using his playing skills -- in real estate.

Real estate agency aggressively moves into Waco (Waco Tribune-Herald) - Keller Williams Realty, which claims to be the fastest-growing residential real estate company in North America, has opened an office in Waco. Though it opened only about four months ago, the Waco office already has outgrown its location on North Valley Mills Drive and is moving to Waco Drive.

albawaba.com middle east news information::UAE: Real estate sector to achieve good results (Mena Report) - The governor of the United Arab Emirate Central Bank, Sultan Naser Al-Suwaidi, expected real estate sector to achieve good results next year, but stressed that raising the number of housing units more than necessary may cause some problems, reported the Emirate newspaper Al-Bayan on September 20, 2005.

Striking mechanics target local real estate firm (West Bloomfield Eccentric) - The bad blood brewing between Northwest Airlines and its mechanics union spilled into the Plymouth-Canton area this week when striking mechanics conducted an informational picket in front of a Plymouth real estate firm.

Real estate chief for city properties coming under fire (San Diego Union-Tribune) - Sep. 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE): Questions about the city's handling of its properties and leases led three council members yesterday to call for dismissing the head of San Diego's real estate assets department.

Real estate infomercial kings make fast cash seem far too easy (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Real estate prices are soaring, which means the real estate investment-seminar business is booming. You've probably heard the pitches -- whether live, on tapes, or late-night TV -- claiming you can buy property with little work and no money down, promising that you can get rich in your spare time.