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HUD: 'Room For Improvement' In Mortgage Process

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
3 May 2002 - 7:00am

A majority of people inquiring about a home loan receive equal treatment but there is still room for improvement in the number of minorities facing discrimination by mortgage lending institutions, according to a new report released by HUD.

The Urban Institute conducted the study for HUD, titled All Other Things Being Equal: A Paired Testing Study of Mortgage Lending Institutions based on data collected in tests done in Los Angeles and Chicago in the spring and summer of 2000. The study found that, "In the majority of cases, minorities and whites received equal treatment, or when differences occurred, they were equally likely to favor the minority as the white."However, the Urban Institute researchers also found that "paired testing revealed statistically significant patterns of unequal treatment that systematically favor whites."

Full Story: HUD No. 02-047
Source: HUD News, May 2, 2002
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