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  • March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Black Mortgage Applicants with Almost Highest Income Approved at Same Rate as White Applicants with Lowest Income

By Shawn Donnan, Ann Choi, Hannah Levitt, and Christopher Cannon March 11, 2022 Nationwide, only 47% of Black homeowners who completed a refinance application with Wells Fargo in 2020 were app

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