Wells Fargo to shrink mortgage business, rats in the planters, & more

By Emily Myers | August 15, 2022 - 10:30AM

Wells Fargo plans to shrink its massive mortgage business after various scandals and fines (Bloomberg)

How to deal with rats in the planters outside your building (The New York Times)

Three Democratic candidates running for an open State Senate seat in the East Bronx find common ground in opposing income-restricted apartments (CityLimits)

Covid hoarding can mean people buying excessively out of boredom or doomsdaying—or too lazy or too scared to leave the house to throw stuff away (The New York Times)

A sprawling, 10-bedroom estate in Greenwich, Connecticut, with a 30-car garage is on the market for the first time with a $33.8 million price tag (New York Post)

Opinion: The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway was poorly designed, poorly constructed, poorly maintained, and is rotting away—time to tear it down (Brooklyn Paper)

Emily Myers

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Emily Myers is a real estate writer and podcast host. As the former host of the Brick Underground podcast, she earned four silver awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Emily studied journalism at the University of the Arts, London, earned an MA Honors degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and lived for a decade in California.

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