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Homeowners Face Segregated Mortgage Market

Deyanira Del Rio | Posted 10.01.2012 | Home
Read More: Bank Accountability, Nedap, Federal Housing Administration, Redlining, Housing Finance, New York Real Estate, Mortgages, Housing Market, Real Estate, Minorities, Home News
Deyanira Del Rio

People of color disproportionately received federally insured loans -- backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) -- to finance the purchase of their homes and to refinance existing mortgages.

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Are Conventional Mortgages Drying Up in Minority Communities?

Chris Birk | Posted 09.29.2012 | Business
Read More: Redlining, Mortgages, VA Loans, Conventional Loans, FHA Loans, Business News
Chris Birk

A new report from seven housing and policy agencies suggests evidence of a two-tiered mortgage market in which borrowers and communities of color are increasingly cut off from prime conventional financing.

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Is Redlining Back? Evidence Grows That Qualified Borrowers Can't Get a Loan

Preeti Vissa | Posted 08.09.2011 | Business
Read More: Latinos, Redlining, Mortgages, Foreclosure Crisis, Lending, Ben Bernanke, African Americans, Housing Crisis, Credit Ratings, Minorities, Business News
Preeti Vissa

It has become increasing clear that there are large numbers of qualified borrowers who can't get a loan. Disturbingly, there are signs of a racial pattern to this phenomenon.

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Sallie Mae's Jets: Bank Shills Use "Socialism" Scare to Shaft Students, Serve the Wealthy

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Lamar Alexander, Redlining, Sallie Mae, Arne Duncan, Student Loan Reform, Barack Obama, Campaign Contributions, Financial Reform, Rupert Murdoch, Wall Street Journal, College News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

"School loan socialism" is the new Death Panel. But, hey, somebody's gotta keep Sallie Mae's corporate jets flying.

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GOP Uses ACORN To Fight Bank Redlining Law

AP | SHARON THEIMER and PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Chase, Acorn, Bank of America, Brian Kettenring, Redlining, Mortgages, Cra, Ed Royce, Edward Royce, JP Morgan, Community Reinvestment Act, Phil Gramm, Gop, Jeb Hensarling, Housing Crisis, House Financial Services Committee, Republicans, Banks, Citimortgage, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans are capitalizing on the troubles of community activist group ACORN – ranging from charges of voter r...

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Republicans' 4% Mortgage "Stimulus" Is Latest Ponzi Scheme

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Fha, Depression, Melvin Oliver, Sec, Mitch McConnell, Housing, New Deal, Social Security, Black Wealth White Wealth, Stimulus, Black, Republican First Principles, Mortgage Crisis, Redlining, Eugencis, Wealth, Predatory Lending, African American, Loans, Ponzi Scheme, Construction, Subprime, Bernie Madoff, Rush Limbaugh, Obama, Media, Politics, Bailout, Economy, Race, White House, Financial Crisis, Bignews, Paulson, Foreclosure Crisis, Credit Score, Great Depression, Credit Rating Agencies, Freddie Mac, , Fanie Mae, Politics News
Ronald B. Robinson

Does the Republican ploy to provide 4% home mortgages to boost the economy sound too good to be true? It is. Buyer Beware!

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