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Fracking boom could lead to housing bust
2013-08-16 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: When it comes to the real estate market in Bradford County, Pa., where 62,600 residents live above the Marcellus Shale, nothing is black and white, says Bob Benjamin, a local broker and certified appraiser. There arent exactly fifty shades of grey, he says, but residential mortgage lending here is an especially murky situation. When Benjamin fills out an appraisal for a lender, he has to note if there is a fracked well or an impoundment lake on or near the property. Im having to explain a...
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