Cra's "blind spots": Community reinvestment and concentrated subprime lending in detroit

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 579-608

  Ashton, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; HOUSING MARKET; INVESTMENT; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MARKET SYSTEM; MORTGAGE LENDING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN HOUSING;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649776664     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2010.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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