DOJ Encourages the New Mexico Real Estate Commission to Maintain Consumer Choice in Real Estate Brokerage Services (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)

DOJ Encourages the New Mexico Real Estate Commission to Maintain Consumer Choice in Real Estate Brokerage Services (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The Department of Justice in a letter today advised the New Mexico Real Estate Commission to reject proposed amendments to the New Mexico administrative code that would limit a consumer's freedom to choose which real estate services to buy and could cause New Mexico consumers to pay more for real estate brokerage services.

Cendant Real Estate Services Acquires Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties, Ltd. (Real Estate News)
RISMEDIA, Nov. 3 Cendant Corporation (NYSE:CD) announced that its real estate services subsidiary, NRT Incorporated, has acquired Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties, Ltd. and Coldwell Banker Commercial Pacific Properties, Ltd. in Honolulu. With this announcement, Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties, the largest residential real estate brokerage in Hawaii, will now be owned and operated by NRT.