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Risk versus Demographics in Subprime Mortgage Lending: Evidence from Three Connecticut Cities

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This paper analyzes patterns in subprime residential mortgage lending using 2006 Home Mortgage Act Disclosure data for the cities of Bridgeport, New Haven and Waterbury, Connecticut. The analysis applies models presented in earlier research and has the objective of assessing the relative importance of demographic versus risk factors in subprime mortgage lending decisions. Regression equations are estimated for census tracts and individual borrowers and include demographic variables and property risk measures. The results find race and ethnicity to be significant determinants of subprime lending in the borrower equations that include the full set of risk measures. Neighborhood educational levels are found to have an inverse and often significant association with subprime mortgage loans. Property risk measures present mixed results regarding their significance in subprime lending, suggesting that risk may have played less of a role in loan originations in 2006 than it did in earlier studies. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012

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  • Sara DeLoughy, 2012. "Risk versus Demographics in Subprime Mortgage Lending: Evidence from Three Connecticut Cities," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 45(3), pages 569-587, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jrefec:v:45:y:2012:i:3:p:569-587
    DOI: 10.1007/s11146-010-9281-0
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