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Dataon Thursday showed producer prices slid or the i th straightmonth in December, declining by 1.9 percent or details seeID:nN15511415. (Reporting by Chris Reese; Editing by Dan Grebler) Bonds unds News ET s News. BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares o major U.S. Hot StocksThe Dow Jones Equity Real Estate In estment Trust Index .DJR ell 3.7 percent and the Standard & Poor's Homebuilding sub-industry index .GSPHOME slid 3.1 percent, sharper declines than the 2 percent decline o the blue-chip Dow Jones industrial a erage .DJI and the 2.3 percent all o the S&P 500 .SPX.Purchasing real estate is only likely to become more challenging as banks struggle, said Ke in Quinn, managing director o equity trading at Stan ord Group Co, in New York."Lending's getting harder and harder; you ha e to ha e high quality credit scores to get the rate and the amount o money you want," Quinn said.

"They re use to loosen up on any credit terms; let's ace it, the banks are in bad shape."Among home builders, Lennar Corp (LEN.N) was down 7.7 percent to $7.29, KB Home (KBH.N) was down 5.6 percent to $12.01 and Centex Corp CTX.N was down 5 percent to $9.73.The big property owners known as real estate in estment trusts will also ace pressure as their tenants eel the squeeze o the downturn, an analyst noted."We belie e the ate o the public real estate market will be dependent on go ernment attempts to stimulate the economy and restore liquidity to the banking system, but we belie e that (real estate in estment trusts) will continue to ace pressure as illiquidity persists and tenant credit deteriorates," wrote BR Capital Markets analyst Wilkes Graham, in a note to clients.Goldman Sachs on Thursday added U.S. ederal shares ell 7.6 percent to $48.12 and Regency ell 5.8 percent to $34.94.The hea iest weights on the REIT index were mall owner Simon Property Group Inc (SPG.N), down 5.7 percent to $40.17; o ice building owner Boston Properties Inc (BXP.N), down 6.3 percent to $43.53; and ornado Realty Trust ( NO.N), which also owns o ice buildings and was down 5 percent to $48.12.(Reporting by Scott Malone in Boston and Helen Cherniko in New York, editing by Gerald E McCormick) Hot Stocks. DUBLIN, Ireland(Business Wire)Research and Markets( http://) hasannounced the addition o the "2009 Alternati e In estment Ad isor Re iew"report to their o ering. This year's Re iew contains ital in ormation necessary or managers and undmarketers to ensure they are approaching the best ad isors with the mostappropriate clients in order to build e ecti e and ruit ul relationships. The Re iew pro ides ad isors themsel es with comprehensi e intelligence on other irms, and also the latest trends and breakdown o all areas o the alternati ein estment ad isor uni erse. Includes key indi idual contactin ormation, areas o speciality, plans or 2009 and beyond, inancialin ormation, ser ice co erage etc Details or o er 1,000 sample clients See who is ad ising whom or each areao alternati es. See which ad isors operate a buy-list, which ad isors consider irst-timemanagers, and what they look or when considering new opportunities.

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