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“The Color of Money” revisited: Racial lending patterns in Atlanta's neighborhoods

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  • Elvin K. Wyly
  • Steven R. Holloway

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In 1988, the Atlanta Journal‐Constitution published “The Color of Money,” an influential series examining mortgage redlining in Atlanta. The articles documented wide lending disparities between white and black neighborhoods of similar income levels. Given sweeping changes in housing finance since 1988, we seek to determine whether Atlanta's racial geographic disparities in mortgage lending have changed.Analysis of 1992 to 1996 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data reveals slight improvement. Atlanta's depository lenders made 4.2 times as many conventional home purchase loans per owner‐occupied unit to middle‐income white neighborhoods as they did to middle‐income black neighborhoods; a decade earlier, this ratio was 5.2. Nondepositories post lower ratios, particularly for Federal Housing Administration‐insured loans, but this market segment raises concerns because of potential abuses. By the indicator of most enduring theoretical and policy interest—conventional home purchase lending by depositories—the patterns that aroused concern a decade ago are still evident today.

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  • Elvin K. Wyly & Steven R. Holloway, 1999. "“The Color of Money” revisited: Racial lending patterns in Atlanta's neighborhoods," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(3), pages 555-600, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:houspd:v:10:y:1999:i:3:p:555-600
    DOI: 10.1080/10511482.1999.9521344
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    1. Manuel B. Aalbers, 2006. "'When the Banks Withdraw, Slum Landlords Take Over' : The Structuration of Neighbourhood Decline through Redlining, Drug Dealing, Speculation and Immigrant Exploitation," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 43(7), pages 1061-1086, June.

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