Website turns in first profit for real estate body (The New Zealand Herald)

Website turns in first profit for real estate body (The New Zealand Herald)
The Real Estate Institute has stemmed big losses on its website, which has made a profit this year for the first time since it was launched almost a decade ago.

German Stocks Fall, Paced by Commerzbank, Hypo Real Estate, AWD (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks fell, paced by Commerzbank AG, Hypo Real Estate AG and AWD Holding AG. The benchmark DAX Index slipped 23.95, or 0.5 percent, to 4917.74. Twenty-one stocks fell, seven rose and two were unchanged.

Real estate prices firming up in Dhaka (Financial Express)
Real estate dynamics are changing fast in this city. The market, it seems, is moving because of a combination of factors, including the arrival of a clutch of companies looking for the right addresses and a sudden increase in the number of developers of upmarket property.