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HMDA Data Indicates Racial Disparities in Lending
By Staff WriterWASHINGTON -- Denial rates for home borrowers based on race widened significantly from 2006 to 2007, according to Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Dodd's office examined Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data recently released by the Federal Reserve.
