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  • Realtors project housing boom if alternate credit scores adopted

    11/04/2006 4:40:33 AM PST · by radar101 · 58 replies · 1,665+ views
    San Diego Union ^ | 4 NOV 2006 | Garance Burke
    The slumping housing market could get a $200 billion boost from new immigrant home buyers if mainstream lenders start using alternative methods to score credit, a national group of Hispanic realtors said Friday. Creditors like Citigroup Inc.'s Citibank see recent immigrants as a growing market niche, but those who lack Social Security numbers or legal status in the U.S. are often rejected by the three major credit bureaus. A handful of new credit reporting systems already used by 200 real estate brokers, community groups and mortgage counselors nationwide allows them to calculate risk by evaluating a prospective client's utility bills...