New research finds disparities in mortgage lending to women
Female mortgage applicants are less likely to have their loans originated than are male mortgage applicants, Woodstock Institute finds in a new fact sheet.
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In a July 2014 article, Crain’s Chicago writes that there is a large gender gap in small business loans. The article examines the national trend of small business lending, but the statistics are just...
View ArticleThe Fight for Economic Gender Equality is Not Over
Sarah Thebaud’s Newsweek article noted that accumulating education and skills is not sufficient for women to attain financial equality. Thebaud conducted an experiment in which male and female...
View ArticleAddressing Barriers to Wealth-building for Women
Date: Friday, June 19, 2015 - 1:00pm to 4:00pmWhile women have made great strides towards achieving economic equality, barriers to asset building still limit women’s progress. Woodstock Institute and...
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Her Longer Road Home: Disparities in Mortgage Lending to Women in the Chicago...
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View ArticleWomen far less likely to be approved for mortgage in Chicago area (Chicago...
The study, which controlled for applicants' income and the size of the loan sought, found that female applicants in the six-county Chicago area were 14.5 percent less likely to receive a home purchase...
View ArticleDaughters of Working Moms More Successful Professionally (WealthManagement.com)
Could banks be discriminating against women in one of the largest U.S. cities? According to a report from the Woodstock Institute, a non-profit advocacy group, men in Chicago are far more likely to...
View ArticleIs Gender Discrimination in Lending Rampant in Chicago? (National Mortgage...
The Woodstock Institute’s new study found that female home loan applicants in the six counties that make up the Chicago metro region were 14.5 percent of women were less likely to receive a mortgage...
View ArticleAre lenders discriminating against women? (Mortgage Professional America)
"All we're saying is, this is what the data show: Female applicants are less likely to get loans originated than male applicants," lead researcher Spencer Cowan told the Chicago Tribune. "We don't have...
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