This invited commentary for the 2022 Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies symposium focuses on the need for better data about zoning. It offers insights into the state of…
Robert Avery, Paul Calem, Glenn Canner
•
February 11, 2004
BABC 04-11: Concerns about the accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of information gathered by credit reporting agencies have grown as credit evaluation and decisions…
Raphael Bostic, Paul Calem, Susan Wachter
•
February 5, 2004
BABC 04-5: There is a broad consensus regarding the benefits of homeownership, which include wealth accumulation and improvements along social and personal dimensions.…
This paper analyses the performance of low-income and minority loans (LIMLs) from a large sample of fixed-rate mortgages purchased by Freddie Mac in the 1990s. Our focus is…