Ken Harney Feds target home equity tax breaks 10/18/07 The hottest consumer financing concepts in the American economy -- home equity loans and credit lines -- have entered the gunsights of a key congressional committee. The sta...
Ken Harney - Homebuyers bubble to pop? 10/17/07 Are home prices irrationally exuberant? If you own a house in any of the three dozen metropolitan areas where appreciation rates exceeded ...
Ken Harney -- Home Equity Gains Boost Renovations 10/17/07 America's homeowners have grown their equities by a mind-numbing $5 trillion since 1995, thanks to a 70 percent average jump in the values of their houses. Guess what ...
Ken Harney -- Low-payment mortgages carry hidden risks 10/17/07 Are low monthly payments on a home mortgage always good? Are you kidding me? Of course they are, you might answer. But a new report issued by a Wall Street firm ...
Ken Harney New securities product to hedge your house s value 10/17/07 Could you lock in your current equity value and be protected against future real estate market declines? Could you, in the lingo of the financial markets,a hedge your home equit...
Ken Harney Perfect credit score, perfect fraud 10/16/07 When a home buyer has a high credit score in the upper 700s, is self-employed with an annual income of more than $100,000, owns a few rental properties, is purchasing a house pr...
Ken Harney - Court rules marked-up mortgage fees illegal 10/16/07 In a major victory for proponents of real estate settlement cost reform, a federal appellate court has ruled that "marking up" mortgage fees charging home buyers hundreds of d...
Ken Harney What Sellers Really Pay in Commission 10/15/07 What do American home sellers and buyers really pay to real estate agents in commissions? Though every market and region in the country has...
Ken Harney New Wave of Home Equity Loans 10/15/07 Remember when your home was simply your castle? That was nearly two decades ago, before Congress changed the federal tax code to make ho...
Ken Harney - The Trouble with No Income, No Asset Mortgages 10/11/07 You can call them liar loans. You can call them NINAs. But whatever you call them, two of the country's largest private mortgage insurers have their own word for them: trouble....
