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No longer are the days when all an agent needed to do in order to succeed was be a good salesperson. Today, agents need to be better marketers.

Christopher Lloyd lists Montecito home at $3.6 million
Actor Christopher Lloyd is just one of those guys who you know would be a hoot to meet at a cocktail party. The three-time Emmy-winning Lloyd has tons of movie, TV and stage credits — typically playing oddball characters.

Fitch Teleconference: U.S. Housing Starts & Sales to Drop Further in 2009; 10/14 11AM ET
NEW YORK (Business Wire) — As U.S. housing continues its downward spiral, most statistical data reported so far in 2008 are discouraging, prompting Fitch Ratings to continue lowering its forecasts for this year.

Leawood real estate agent pleads guilty in mortgage fraud scheme
David Kostelec, 53, admitted that he and other unnamed co-conspirators obtained overpriced home loans by sending to lenders bogus appraisal reports that contained inflated property values and forged signatures of appraisers.

Weingarten Realty Announces Hobby Lobby Joins Perimeter Village Shopping Center as Co-Anchor
ATLANTA — (Business Wire) Weingarten Realty (NYSE:WRI) announced today that Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. signed a 40,000 square foot lease to co-anchor Perimeter Village Shopping Center.

CRR cut: Realty players see light at the end of the tunnel
New Delhi (PTI): Undeterred by stock market crash and fall of realty index on the bourses, leading industry players expressed optimism that RBI’s move to cut CRR will help new funds coming into the sector and boost demand with possible softening of

Real estate watch
Industrial Snapshot Greater Ontario Airport Area (AUGUST) Size Category (1,000s of SF) Base SFAvailable SFAvailability incl. Under Const. UC Avail. SFCompleted Construction YTD 5 to 107,359,9191,021,63013.88%28,958181,773 10 to 2518,278,0412,351,98812.

Hot Property: ‘High School Musical’s’ Vanessa Hudgens buys Studio City home for $2.75 million
OK, PULL up the blinds in your sleeping tween-ager’s room and show her this column. I promise she will not shoot daggers your way. Vanessa Hudgens Vanessa Hudgens of ‘High School Musical’ fame has bought her first house.

Senator McCain’s Homeownership Resurgence Plan
First, it will artificially keep home prices higher than a natural market would, this means that the homes that are refinanced will continue to lose value eventually.

Weingarten Realty Announces Hobby Lobby Joins Perimeter Village Shopping Center as Co-Anchor
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Weingarten Realty (NYSE: WRI) announced today that Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. signed a 40,000 square foot lease to co-anchor Perimeter Village Shopping Center.