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The ticker, August 7

Published August 7, 2007 at midnight

REAL SENIORITY

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HYBRID YEAR

Hybrid vehicles are on track to reach record sales this year, an auto information company said last week.

187,000 hybrids were sold in the first six months of 2007, according to J.D. Power and Associates.

345,000 hybrids are expected to be sold for the year, a 35 percent increase from 2006, when the record of 256,000 hybrids were sold.

Source: Associated Press

PROPERTY DIVERSITY

One in five American real estate agents sold a second home in the year ended April 2007 to a foreign buyer, defined as someone who has legally entered the United States to buy a home.

Source: National Association of Realtors

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