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To: John Vosilla who wrote (79345)	2/26/2007 9:42:56 PM
From: Night Trader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Both the unleveraged real estate return/cap rate and the risk free 10 year treasury are nominal My reasoning is the underlying asset will over time keep up with inflation so just like dividends and P/Es (also based on real assets) the yield is real.

To: John Vosilla who wrote (79345)	2/27/2007 7:12:21 AM
From: Crimson Ghost	Respond to of 110194

ILLEGAL FEES COULD COST BRITISH BANKS BILLIONS SAEED SHAH, INDEPENDENT, UK - Banks could be forced to refund L7.2bn worth of illegal penalty fees they have levied from customers, according to City analysts, if regulators rule against the charges. In the first authoritative study of the charges, banking analysts at Credit Suisse have calculated that high street banks rake in L1.2bn a year from penalty charges. The news will fuel a customer revolt that has taken the banking sector by storm. Under consumer law, customers are entitled to claim retrospective refunds going back six years if banks are judged to have imposed illegitimate charges on their accounts. . . Since The Independent started its campaign last week, more than 400,000 people have downloaded online guides to complain about bank charges, which are levied on services such as unauthorised overdrafts and bounced cheques. Thousands of customers have already won compensation from their banks, with awards ranging to L70 to thousands of pounds. news.independent.co.uk