Rates and race: An analysis of racial disparities in mortgage rates

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-149

  Boehm, Thomas P ^a   Thistle, Paul D ^b   Schlottmann, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Homeownership; Mortgages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746370722     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 10511482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2006.9521563     Document Type: Article

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