WASHINGTON, DC-The increase is seasonally adjusted. On an unadjusted basis, the application index increased 20.6% and was up 128.7% compared with the same week a year ago.

LONDON-IT company Novell has appointed DTZ and its US affiliate the Staubach Company to advise on the integration of its worldwide real estate portfolio with that of Cambridge Technology Partners, which it acquired earlier this year

DALLAS-From Frisco to Ft. Worth, area brokers have cut four leases for a total of 55,114 sf of mixed product. The Shidler Group gets the General Services Administration as a 22,834-sf tenant in a deal valued at nearly $4.3 million.

DENVER-The northeast industrial market boasts a 5.91% vacancy rate at the end of the second quarter compared with 5.2% a year earlier. By comparison, "30% to 40% vacancies" are forecast for the office market.