 Mortgage Lending Disparities in Metropolitan Buffalo: Implications for Community Reinvestment PolicyRobert Mark Silverman Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 2008, vol. 38, issue 01, 9 Abstract: This article examines patterns of mortgage lending in metropolitan Buffalo, New York. The analysis is based on 1999-2002 HMDA data and 2000 Census data for metropolitan Buffa-lo. Mortgage lending patterns in census tracts are compared using descriptive statistics, GIS mapping, and multiple regression. The results from this analysis indicate that disparities in mortgage lending between census tracts are attributable to differences in: educational at-tainment, neighborhood socioeconomic distress, residential stability, and the age of neigh-borhood housing stock. It is noteworthy that after controlling for other variables, race and core city location did not significantly affect mortgage lending patterns. The findings from this analysis indicate that disinvestment is no longer confined to minority communities in core cities. Instead, it is becoming a more general phenomenon in metropolitan areas. Policy recommendations are forwarded in light of the findings from this research. Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:jrapmc:132340 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy from Mid-Continent Regional Science Association Contact information at EDIRC. |
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