Mortgaged metropolis: Evolving urban geographies of residential lending1

Urban Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-30

  Wyly, Elvin K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disinvestment; Mortgage lending discrimination; Redlining

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING FINANCE; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MORTGAGE LENDING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036383686     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.23.1.3     Document Type: Article

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