Ken Harney
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Proposal to lower mortgage rates leaves buyers in limbo for nowDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Could a 4.5 percent mortgage be your personal piece of the bailout pie? Apparently large numbers of consumers thought precisely that during the week followi...
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Despite crash, home values have still risen over past five yearsDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - The latest federal statistics on housing prices in hundreds of local markets reveal patterns that haven't been making the nightly news: While on a national ...
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Civil rights suit filed in subprime meltdownNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - In what is apparently the first legal action of its kind, an association of community-based organizations has filed a federal civil rights complaint against...
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Appraisals now get new level of scrutiny by lendersNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - How fresh are your "comps" - the comparable sales of properties used as benchmarks in home real estate appraisals? Buyers and sellers rarely had to be conce...
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Government agencies crack down on credit repair claimsOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - With foreclosures, short sales and credit-card defaults at record levels, an aggressive breed of firms has sprung up offering to power-wash consumers' damag...
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Mortgage-relief debate continues to stir on Capitol HillOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Reluctant potential homebuyers could be in line for some additional tax and financing enticements, either through a post-election lame duck congressional se...
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Despite market mess, it's not impossible to get a mortgageOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Credit squeeze, credit freeze, credit system seizures: Everybody knows how severe and painful the global financial breakdown has been - with banks unwilling...
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FHA under stress as it becomes go-to agency for loansOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - In the current credit squeeze, if you have less than a 20 percent down payment, there's pretty much only one major source of mortgage financing available: F...
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How the bank bailout may help 5 million U.S. homeownersSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Whether you see it as an exorbitant taxpayer bailout of Wall Street and the banks - or you're cheering from the sidelines - you can agree: The new federal m...
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Bear Stearns settles complaint over unauthorized mortgage feesSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers may be dominating the financial headlines, but a little-noticed $28 million settlement earlier th...