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The untold costs of subprime lending: examining the links among higher-priced lending, foreclosures and race in California

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  • Carolina Reid
  • Elizabeth Laderman
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    This paper explores the relationship between race, subprime lending, and foreclosure in California in an effort to understand what happened during the subprime lending boom. The paper finds that communities of color have been disproportionately affected by the foreclosure crisis, and that these disparities stem from a series of complicated and interrelated factors, including borrower credit profiles, the ‘boom and bust’ housing market, and rising unemployment. However, the paper also shows that Blacks and Hispanics in California had access to very different mortgage markets, and that mortgage market channels played an important role in the likelihood of receiving a higher-priced loan. Once we control for the probability of obtaining a higher-priced loan, the differences in foreclosure rates among minorities and whites shrink considerably. This paper provides compelling evidence for the need to revisit consumer protection regulations and fair lending laws to ensure that minority borrowers aren’t unfairly being steered into different mortgage market channels. ; Paper presented at “Challenges and Opportunities for Homeownership in a Changing Financial Environment,” sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in cooperation with The Greenlining Institute, May 6, 2009.

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    Paper provided by Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in its series Community Development Investment Center Working Paper with number 2009-09.

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    Date of creation: 2009
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    Handle: RePEc:fip:fedfcw:2009-09

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    Keywords: Mortgage loans ; Mortgage loans - California ; Subprime mortgage ; Foreclosure - California;

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    1. Mark Doms & Fred Furlong & John Krainer, 2007. "Subprime mortgage delinquency rates," Working Paper Series 2007-33, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
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    1. Preeti Vissa: How Credit Scores Disproportionately Hurt Communities of Color
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