Ken Harney
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Company offers mortgage lenders an alternative to credit scoresAug 17, 2012 5:07 am - WASHINGTON — Do you ever get the feeling your credit score doesn’t adequately portray your true risk as an applicant for a home mortgage? If your FICO score is a subpar ...
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Mortgage debt relief may be extended in tax codeAug 10, 2012 5:24 am - By Barry Stone WASHINGTON — Here’s some encouraging news for financially stressed homeowners across the country: The Senate Finance Committee approved a bipartisan bill ...
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No evidence yet that mortgage lending standards are easingAug 03, 2012 5:08 am - WASHINGTON — With home prices rising in many markets around the country, might mortgage lenders start loosening up on their hyper-strict underwriting rules and extend lo...
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The return of supply and demand in housingJul 27, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — Though many home shoppers who assume they are still in a buyer’s market find it hard to believe, one of the sobering fundamentals shaping real estate this s...
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The nation’s housing: Green can indeed be greenJul 20, 2012 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — It has been a controversial question in the home real estate market for years: Is there extra green when you buy green? Do houses with lots of energy-saving...
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The nation’s housing: Health care and housing — a taxing issueJul 13, 2012 1:41 am - WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court upheld the health care reform law on federal tax grounds, it restoked a housing issue that had been relatively quiet for the past yea...
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Government agencies try to get mortgage spigots openJul 06, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — Two federal agencies with far-reaching influence over the mortgage market are working on a problem that could affect the ability of many people to obtain a ...
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FHA retreats on a mortgage standardJun 29, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — In a policy switch that could be important to thousands of applicants seeking low down-payment home mortgages, the Federal Housing Administration has rescin...
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A matter of appreciationJun 22, 2012 4:00 am - WASHINGTON — Are some appraisers failing to see the improvements in real estate values under way in local markets that have recently bottomed out and turned positive? Wh...
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Heavy traffic may mean your overpriced home is a ‘pinball’Jun 15, 2012 5:06 am - WASHINGTON — In the real estate brokerage field they’re known as “setups” or “pinball” homes, and this spring’s improving conditions in some markets could be stimulating...