Real Estate Market

May 28, 2009

Prior to January 2008, the residential real estate market of the greater Ponsonby area in Auckland had the longest buoyant period in decades. Expectations were that this market was natural and sustainable so people acted accordingly. They began upgrading homes with little equity and investing in properties on 100% mortgages and little home equity. Read more

Conceptualizing Sustainable Design

May 28, 2009

One of the driving forces of Western capitalism is the concept of the unbounded frontier, this mythic belief that the future will always be better than the present. It’s an important driver in our society, but it has consequences. Read more

Real Estate

May 27, 2009

At 1095 Avenue of the Americas, Dechert, a law firm with a lease for the 25th through 31st floors, is seeking to sublet two floors, each 37,000 square feet.

Brokers say that many sublandlords will probably need to bend over backward to sublease their space, given the sharp rise in vacancies.

In Midtown Manhattan, for example, 13 percent of prime, modern, well-located offices — which brokers often refer to as Class A space — was available in April, up from 6.5 percent a year earlier, according to Colliers ABR, a commercial real estate services company. Read more

Nine Steps to Securing Your Computer

May 25, 2009

The Internet revolution has meant that many more people have computers permanently connected to Internet services and that more and more people are using their computers for activities such as on-line banking and shopping. The “always on” nature of broadband connections coupled with the increasingly sensitive information we store means that we are more and more open to potential hackers and criminals. Read more

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