Extell files hotel plans, Museum of African Art rising on Fifth Avenue … and more

1. Extell files hotel plans for Antiques Garage site [NYO]
2. NYU professor says residential real estate prices will drop another 25 percent [Reuters]
3. Mortgage originations cut by 27 percent as fewer homes are refinanced [Bloomberg]
4. Home sales increase as Americans become confident that recession will end [Bloomberg]
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Amount of unpaid dues owed to condo associations is piling up [WSJ]
6. Museum of African Art Rising On Fifth Avenue [Curbed]
7. 23 East 22nd Street might be downsized [Curbed]
8. Carousel coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park [Brownstoner]
9. A look at 614 Seventh Avenue development [Brownstoner]
10. A Q & A with Sotheby’s superbroker Roger Erickson [NYO]
11. Mortgage Bankers Association expects activity to slow because of increasing interest rates [Business Week]