One night last spring, David Hall returned home to his studio apartment outside Boston to learn that his monthly rent had spiked from US$725 to US$995.
It would be much cheaper for the maintenance manager to buy a nearby starter house than to stay put. But his mortgage broker told him that while his credit score was good, it was not high enough to meet banks' tough standards, he said.
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