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 Issue of April 9, 2007 
   
Historically Accurate
While Boston’s current housing slump persists, things are looking up for the city’s office/commercial market.
Air Rights
Nantucket officials appear to have their collective head in the clouds over a dispute between a local couple and the island’s municipal airport. And their reluctance to see through those clouds to the truth could be costly, depending on a judge’s ruling in a similar case.
Sales Frenzy Likely to Continue
By William P. Barrack
As the torrid pace from last year’s record-setting investment sales market continues unabated into 2007, my colleagues and I have asked ourselves: “Is the market telling us that rising rents can be sustained, or is it the investment money driving the market?”

Living at the Intersection of Water and Land
By Philip S. Wheelock Jr.
Coastal residential design is more than a catalog of recognizable architectural elements. Its single defining feature is an immediate, legible connection to the dynamic intersection of water and land that constitutes the coastal environment. Coastal homes look the way they do because they represent their owners’ narratives about how they see themselves in the presence of the mythic ocean and the unique ways of living it inspires.

Check and Balance
Banker & Tradesman's political cartoon.
Why Anti-Phishing Tips Don’t Go Quite Far Enough
By John Jaser
We’ve certainly gotten past the awareness stage in Internet fraud. Proof of this can be found in the fact that family members of varying ages and technical abilities have forsaken any connection between the Internet and money. No purchases. No bill payments. No banking.



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