Mortgage crackdown … and more
- 1. The Federal Reserve tightened its mortgage rules [Bloomberg]
- 2. Starbucks’ first nation-wide round of closings [Crain’s]
- 3. Mortgage concerns caused a sell-off in shares of New York’s mid-size banks [Crain’s]
- 4. A look inside Brooklyn’s new Nu Hotel [Brownstoner]
- 5. Another Rockrose tower will be built in Queens West in Long Island City [A Fine Blog]
- 6. A mansion at 11 East 64th Street sold for $42.5 million [NYO]
- 7. The Beaver House in the Financial District is now using pillow fights to sell condos [NYO]
- 8. Several rich Russians are shopping for trophy homes in the U.S. [WSJ]
- 9. The founder and chairman of New Jersey-based home builder Hovnanian Enterprises has bought a big load of the company’s stock [WSJ]
- 10. The New Museum has attracted galleries to the Bowery [Boston Globe]
- 11. Real estate service firms are on a buying spree [Reuters]
