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Posted On: September 25, 2007Originally published as part of the November, 2007 Issue
Black and Latino homeowners received high-cost loans from prime lenders in 2005 far more often than their white and Asian counterparts.



Note: Data includes conventional, first-lien, home purchase, home improvement and refinancing loans for owner-occupied, one-to-four unit family properties.

Source: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, analyzed by The Chicago Reporter.

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