Already hot Southeastern real estate market blazes (USA Today)

Already hot Southeastern real estate market blazes (USA Today)
The exodus of Hurricane Katrina evacuees seeking homes and places to run their businesses is rocking already-hot real estate markets throughout the Southeast.

ING Clarion Real Estate Income Fund 'IIA' Declares Monthly Dividend for October (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Board of Directors of the ING Clarion Real Estate Income Fund , which trades on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol 'IIA', today declared a monthly dividend of $0.115 per share for the month of October 2005.

The 6 percent solution: Who needs a real estate agent? (The Arizona Republic)
Stan and Gloria Wakefield are no fools. They built their three-bedroom house 12 years ago in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., an oceanside resort community dotted with golf courses and picturesque inland waterways. The real estate market in the area, near Jacksonville, took off and the house, overlooking lagoons, rose in value to nearly $1 million. ''This house has appreciated almost obscenely,'' said

Real estate: When booms go bust... (CNN Money)
Across America, real-estate prices continue to confound the skeptics. Many Americans have come to think of their homes as rock-solid investments with little downside.