ORANGE COUNTY, CA-A recently released survey by the California Association of Realtors names the county as the least affordable region in Southern California to buy a house.

SALEM, OR-The bank will likely sell the Capital Center Building at 280 Liberty St. NE, an adjacent parking lot and another building at 333 High Street. The bank is consolidating into a larger building at 580 State St.

SEATTLE-Starbucks Corp. says it is launching coffee shops in a second country in continental Europe beginning in December. The goals is to have 650 stores in Europe by the end of 2003.

LONDON-Mark Barnwell and Mike Tomkinson are to leave CB Hillier Parker to join developer and investor Carisbrooke. Barnwell has just completed London's biggest deal of the year on Berkeley Square.