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Over the past year, beginning with this NY Times piece: Black Homeowners Face Discrimination in Appraisals that initiated a rising progression of news stories covering discrimination in the appraisal of houses. And most recently, this CNN piece: When a Black... Read More
When a Black homeowner concealed her race, her home's appraisal value doubled
When Carlette Duffy had her Indianapolis home appraised as part of a refinance application last year, it kept getting valued much lower than she expected.
New houses are still more expensive than existing homes, despite what the data says
The median price of a newly built house was slightly lower in March than the median price of an existing home sold that month. That's not the full story.