2
I like the sites.
On the real estate site, it looks like the links at the bottom do not work. (using IE7) Also the highlighted words in the text look like they should be links. You might think about using italycs to put emphasis on them instead of color to avoid the confusion.
If you left the horizontal lines as the background but took off the logo, you could probably continue the lines in the edge of the header pictures and drop a shaddow on it. It would allow you to get rid of the grey line on either side of your headr and footer. Just a thought.
Both look clean and nice. With the rest of the content on there they should b happy with them.
-Matt