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Sunday Buzz: Real estate in play as WaMu and others shrink (Seattle Times)
In the Seattle area and elsewhere, the tumult of merging and downsizing companies — WaMu, Wachovia, Merrill Lynch, AIG, etc. — will likely redraw real-estate vacancy maps, so brokers are preparing.

Real estate sector has ample room for growth (Việt Nam News)
HCM CITY — Experts at the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) Asia Pacific conference in HCM City are optimistic about the development of the real estate market in Viet Nam.

Real estate bulletin board (San Francisco Chronicle)
Monday First-Time Home-Buyer Seminar: Sponsored by Whitney Davis of Zephyr Real Estate and Tina Leonardi of Guarantee Mortgage, 6-7:30 p.m., Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Ave., Suite P, San Francisco, free, reservation required, (415) 533-3990. Eight Steps When...

Real estate slowdown's toll, by the millions (Santa Fe New Mexican)
The downturn in Santa Fe real estate sales has hurt the local economy more than residents realize. It has resulted in almost $32 million dollars that "has not changed hands locally," said Alan Ball, who puts out a monthly newsletter that tracks the Santa Fe real estate market.

Real Estate Pros to meet Friday (Muskogee Phoenix)
The Muskogee Real Estate Professionals will have its monthly meeting at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Muskogee Public Library. Lunch will be provided by American Bank of Oklahoma, and the guest speaker will be attorney Forney Sandlin, who will be discussing probate law.