Harkness Mansion on the market for less than sale price, apartment buyers leaving large deposits behind … and more

1. Harkness Mansion on the market for $49.95 million, after it was bought for $53 million in 2006 [NYO]
2.
Owner of 116 Montague Street considering putting three stories of
prefabricated housing on top of the building [Brooklyn Paper]
3. Golf course on top of reservoir might come to Bronx [Curbed]
4. Apartment buyers canceling deals, leaving large deposits behind [NYT]
5. 542 Saint Marks Avenue and the Toren look almost finished [Brownstoner] and [GL]
6. Marty Markowitz says Brooklyn’s Ikea is the chain’s top selling store [Brooklyn Paper]
7. Proposed rezoning could add 3,200 housing units to Gowanus [GL]
8. Yankees lower price on 600 bleacher seats [Crain’s]
9. Forgotten NY tours Astoria, Queens [Forgotten NY]
10. Residential units at Bouwerie Lane Theater building temporarily off the market [Curbed]
11. A look at 100 Church Street‘s new, hand-painted exterior [Curbed]

12. Julius Liebman mansion in Cobble Hill on the market for $5.5 million [Brownstoner]
13. Mortgage rates increase [CNN Money]
14. New home sales hit record low [CNN Money]