The foreshadowed bubble burst of the real estate market could soon be a reality with home sales dipping to their lowest level in 2 1/2 years nationwide.

Why the U.S. real estate market is slowing down? 
As of June 2006, the sales in the U.S. real estate market have decreased for the eighth time in the last 10 months, directly accountable with increasingly mounting interest rates. Nonetheless, a certain level of consumer confidence has boosted, contrary to expectations.

Bill Velto gets real about I.E. real estate 
Bill Velto has been involved with professional real estate for more than 16 years and has been manager of Tarbell Realtors in Upland for the past 14. He has managed, coached and trained more than 5,000 real estate agents.

PIERRE The South Dakota Real Estate Commission took disciplinary action against four Black Hills Realtors at its August meeting, according to Dee Jones Noordermeer, the commissions executive director.
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Peterson real estate moving into downtown 
For the first time in its 76-year history, M.J. Peterson Real Estate Corp. is opening a downtown Buffalo residential real estate office.
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Real Estate: Dean Lakes to add QLogic 
Ryan Companies has landed a second major office tenant for Dean Lakes, its 273-acre mixed-use development in Shakopee near the intersection of Hwy. 169 and County Road 83. QLogic Corp., a California-based company that designs and produces storage network components, plans to move its Twin Cities-area operations from Eden Prairie to a 110,000-square-foot facility to be built in Dean Lakes’ 90-acre
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AUSTIN UT wants fans to be respectful of other fans and teams this season. Recent trends in bad sportsmanship has prompted the university the launch a sportsmanship initiative.

Lawmakers concerned about dip in real estate, gas sales 
CONCORD - A dip in property sales is being felt in the state’s pocketbook. State Revenue Commissioner Phil Blatsos told the Senate’s tax writing committee yesterday that receipts so far this month are well below what lawmakers forecast when they wrote the state budget last year.

REMAX Ocean Realty ranks in top 500 
REAL Trends, Inc., a national publishing and communications company that provides news, research and information-based services to the real estate industry, listed RE/MAX Ocean Realty as a Top 500 Broker in the U.S. for 2005 based on sales volume.