Countrywide denies bankruptcy speculation … and more
- 1. Countrywide Financial, the nation’s largest home mortgage company, denies speculation that it will file for bankruptcy more [Bloomberg]
- 2. When landlords default, tenants face eviction more [WSJ]
- 3. Insurers transfer costs to homeowners more [NYT]
- 4. Questions arise over contractor that will pour WTC foundations more [NYDN]
- 5. Tyler Hospitality’s planned Holiday Inn in Downtown Brooklyn is part of a wave of new development on Schermerhorn Street more [Brooklyn Paper]
- 6. Mortgage-related losses could hit $300 billion more [NYT]
- 7. Greenpoint homeowners skeptical about Exxon’s promise to speed up oil spill clean-up more [Brooklyn Paper]
- 8. Developer Charles Kushner’s controversial drive to close off pubic access to the beachfront at his Jersey shore home more [NYT]
- 9. Banks to seek support for credit market rescue fund more [WSJ]
- 10. Brooklyn awaits identity of food retailer coming to Court and State streets more [Brooklyn Paper]
- 11. Housing downturn decreases costs of building materials, renovation more [WSJ]
- 12. Brownstoner blog chief plans Fort Greene flea market more [Brooklyn Paper]
- 13. Even after Freddie Mac’s $2 billion loss, more bad news expected more [WSJ]
- 14. Plans debated for Pier 40 on the West Side more [Chelsea Now]
- 15. Only 13 Dutch farmhouses remain in Brooklyn down from 70 in 1950 more [Brooklyn Eagle]
- 16. Hempstead, Long Island, draws a variety of homebuyers more [Newsday]
- 17. The U.N. attempts to get its buildings up to code more [NYT]