1. Mortgage industry welcomes Bank of America’s purchase of Countrywide Financial [Inman]
2. A look at Nicholas Sprayregen, the property owner holding out against Columbia University’s northward expansion [NYT]
3. Some city councilors want to reduce tax breaks for Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards development [Brooklyn Paper]
4. Real estate videos that are so bad, they’re good [Into The Box]
5. Lifestyle centers leasing could slow this year, but so could retail bankruptcies [GlobeSt.]
6. Lennar Corp., the nation’s second-largest home builder, cuts back on
costly options for homebuyers and moves toward a one-size-fits-all
approach
[WSJ]