Abstract Compared with European Americans, African American infants experience
disproportionately high rates of low birth weight and preterm delivery and are more than …

Contrary to conventional wisdom, green is not the only color that matters to lenders. This
case study of Milwaukee, Wisconsin a fairly typical urban area that has experienced …

This article argues that the resolution to the banking crisis after 1989 created a set of market
rules promoting financial consolidation and giving large financial conglomerates competitive …

Objectives. This article examines the effect of community organizing on the likelihood that
minority borrowers pursue home mortgage credit from regulated lenders. Methods …

Bringing together research from consumption, materiality, and economic sociology, I explain
how real estate stagers attempt to construct persuasive spaces. I conceptualize real estate …

From the perspective of applied research, a critical urban theory presents the opportunity to
become a force for social change. Nowhere has this perspective been more present than in …

This study longitudinally compares the characteristics of loans made or bought by different
institutions to see which types of lenders lead the mortgage finance industry in making credit …

Until the onset of the financial meltdown, independent mortgage companies (IMCs) had
begun to originate an increasing share of subprime loans, a high proportion of which went …

Originating lenders play a vital role in selecting and preparing borrowers for
homeownership, directly and through partnerships with community entities. While previous …

One main goal of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) of 1977 is to stimulate
reinvestment by increasing CRA-regulated lending activity in low-income and minority …