1. Mortgage companies re-negotiated 370,000 loans for troubled subprime borrowers during second half of last year [WSJ]
2. Landmarked Dumbo building could get five-story addition [Curbed]
3. Gov. Spitzer’s budget would increase real estate closing fees [NYO]
4. Opponents of Harlem rezoning gear up for public meeting [Curbed]
5. Construction index increased in December [Bloomberg]
5. How Brooklyn could suffer from a real estate downturn [Urban Digs]
6. Skeletal remains discovered by archaeologists as part of restoration at Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village [NYT]