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Home appraisals
Whitewashing: the rewritten past of a home
Jun 28, 2023
Families of color must often take extreme measures to show the value of their home.
What would the Biden administration's new plan do to fight racial bias in home appraisals?
Mar 24, 2022
The plan offers a number of steps to improve oversight of the home appraisal industry, and train appraisers.
When it comes to the racial wealth gap, home appraisals are part of the problem
by
Amy Scott
and Sean McHenry
Aug 9, 2021
Sociologist Junia Howell shares her research on how appraisals contribute to inequality between Black and white homeowners.
Can changing home appraisal language help close the wealth gap?
by
Matt Levin
Jul 27, 2021
Descriptions in appraisal reports can create racial bias and reduce the selling price of a home. Fannie Mae is trying to clamp down on tha
Racial gap in appraisals devalues homes owned by people of color
Jun 8, 2021
Lower home appraisal values contribute to the wealth gap between white communities and communities of Black and Latinx people.
To narrow racial wealth gap, Biden plan takes aim at home appraisal inequality
Jun 1, 2021
Homes in most white neighborhoods are worth an average of $250,000 more than those in mostly Black and Latinx neighborhoods.