SUIT OVER SECONDHAND SMOKE TARGETS REAL ESTATE BROKER (The Indiana Gazette)

Alyssa Burrage says she was smoked out of her new $405,000 condominium. Burrage, a 32-year-old advertising company employee with a history of asthma, had smelled cigarettes when she first visited the bright, parlor-level condo in Boston’s South End in 2006 with her real estate broker.

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Real Estate Pros reschedule meeting (Muskogee Phoenix)

The Muskogee Real Estate Professionals’ February meeting has been rescheduled to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 19 at Armstrong Bank, 1111 West Broadway Street. Grover Bernard with Admiral Pest Control will the the guest speaker.

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Suit over secondhand smoke targets real estate broker (Boston Globe)

Alyssa Burrage says she was smoked out of her new $405,000 condominium. Burrage, a 32-year-old advertising company employee with a history of asthma, had smelled cigarettes when she first visited the bright, parlor-level condo in Boston’s South End in 2006 with her real estate broker. But the broker, she alleges, assured her that the owner must be a smoker and …

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Advisory Council discusses draft law on real estate (The Peninsula)

H E Mohammed bin Mubarak al Kholaifi. The Council discussed a draft law amending some provisions of the law No. /4/ of 2009 on real estate and decided to submit its related recommendations to the Cabinet.

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Competition Bureau calls out real estate rules (Toronto Star)

The federal Competition Bureau is challenging the Canadian Real Estate Association over rules they say limit consumer choices.

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Chinese working on real estate bubbles (UPI)

BEIJING, Feb. 8 (UPI) — The British bank Standard Chartered said Monday the Chinese government was attempting to softly deflate real estate bubbles in cities before they burst.

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PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Affirms Pirelli Real Estate Credit Servicing (Fox News)

PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Affirms Pirelli Real Estate Credit Servicing

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Jerry Chautin: Commercial Real Estate Loans Create Jobs (The Huffington Post)

Creating or saving jobs is a requirement for commercial real estate borrowers that use the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 504 program.

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Competition Bureau challenges real estate group (CBC Toronto)

The Competition Bureau says rules imposed by the Canadian Real Estate Association limits consumer choice and forces people to pay for services they may not want when it comes to selling a house.

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Competition czar targets real estate fees (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Canada’s competition czar took aim at the Canadian Real Estate Association on Monday to try to make it cheaper for consumers to list their homes on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

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