1.   Most major brokers report long waits to get through to traders or customer service representatives over the telephone as well as backlogs of unanswered e-mail queries.

2.   Nervous co-op boards, several big brokers report, are rejecting a growing number of applicants outright, though the numbers remain small.

3.   Now, brokers report, landlords are again stingy with naming rights.

4.   Q. Sometimes those brokers report trades late.

5.   The heightened interest by development companies in converting old downtown buildings to residential use is having the effect of raising the prices of these buildings, brokers report.

6.   The liquidity shortage is affecting more than building sales, brokers report.

7.   The result, brokers report, is an increased interest in industrial land close to the port, although most bemoan the scarcity of suitable sites.

8.   Westchester County, disproportionately affected by corporate downsizing, remains the softest of suburban office markets, brokers report.