Freddie Mac’s weekly survey put the 30‑year fixed at 6.49% this week, keeping mortgage costs stubbornly high and tightening affordability for many buyers.

Hostos is converting the landmark Bronx General Post Office into an allied‑health and natural‑science center, with renderings showing preserved murals and new labs.

Quality Services for the Autism Community signed a 25,000-square-foot lease at 1200 Zerega Ave in the Bronx to expand classrooms and outdoor programming.

A foreclosure complaint targets Park Ridge International’s Midtown HQ at 40 West 37th Street, court papers show. The filing adds to mounting distress in Manhattan’s office debt market.

Juwan Howard has listed a custom Coral Gables estate for $28.9 million — a modern waterfront compound with marina access and a 75-foot resort pool.

DOF will hold a remote hearing at 11 a.m. on July 9 to take comment on rules for the new pied‑à‑terre surcharge. The notice explains how to register to speak, submit written comments and what the draft rules would mean for co‑ops, condos and single‑family homes.

Piece of Cake Moving & Storage paid $18M for a six‑story Long Island City flex building at 33‑02 Skillman Ave, expanding its Queens footprint and signaling owner‑user buying in LIC.

Fifth Avenue Builders will modernize Unity Towers in Coney Island, promising full apartment renovations and building‑system upgrades with resident‑driven planning and a 2028 target.

Four tenants, including AI startups and a web developer, signed at 60 Madison Ave., adding roughly 70,000 square feet and signaling continued Midtown South demand.

Whole Foods signed a 15-year lease for about 10,000 sq ft at 1224 Flushing Ave — the Amazon-owned grocer’s small-format Daily Shop is coming to Bushwick. No opening date yet.

A Manhattan mother says two children were bitten by mice inside their NYCHA apartment and has sued the authority, alleging permanent injuries.

Moinian booked four new leases at 50 Madison Ave — two by AI startups taking full floors — adding roughly 90,000 sq ft as Midtown South heats up.

The New York State Insurance Fund sued 1610 Meadow Lane LLC after a 2023 renovation fall left a worker severely injured, alleging violations of New York's Scaffold Law.