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Foreclosure crisis hits hard in black communities

by Moe Bedard

The mortgage-foreclosure crisis cuts across all races and incomes, but it has an even more profound impact on the black community, where homeownership is lower and home equity serves as the main source of wealth in black families.
Subprime lending has been a mechanism for African-Americans to become homeowners. This was one way for African-Americans to [...]

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