Ken Harney
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Suit challenges legality of administrative add-on feesFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Just about anybody who bought a home or took out a mortgage in the past five years has run into them in some form: mysterious fees from realty brokers, len...
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Lenders now designating risk according to ZIP codesJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Critics call it the new redlining: Many of the country's largest mortgage lenders are imposing loan restrictions in entire counties or ZIP codes that they ...
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One thing for sure, refis surging againJan 17, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Is it a refi renaissance? Or a fast-closing window of opportunity? Nobody can answer these questions for certain, but there's no doubt about this: Thanks t...
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Loan industry unable to 'help' quickly enoughJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The rolling tsunami of home loan delinquencies and foreclosures is exposing serious problems in the mortgage industry's capacity to quickly handle borrower...
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Senate OKs FHA reform and mortgage relief actDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Reversing months of inaction in a single day, the Senate passed two major bills Dec. 14 that could help thousands of homeowners now struggling with unaffor...
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Credit squeeze expectedDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Call it the credit risk hangover following the housing boom binge: Homebuyers and refinancers who can't come up with sizable down payments, and whose FICO ...
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Suit filed over puffed up appraisalsNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- When an appraiser hired by your mortgage company confirms that the house you bought is worth what you paid, that's reassuring. But what if the appraiser wa...
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'Piggyback' score inflation still going onNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- So-called "piggyback" credit-score inflation schemes for mortgage applicants haven't been reined in, despite industry pledges to do so at the end of summer...
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'Opportunity investors' circling tottering sales marketsOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Call them grave dancers, vulture funds, turnaround specialists or the more euphemistic "opportunity investors." However you identify them, the deal is the ...
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Others support cutbacks for large homesOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Though the housing and real estate industries oppose the plan, a key House committee leader's proposed "carbon tax" cutbacks on mortgage interest deduction...