Gerardi, Kristopher; Willen, Paul; Zhang, David Hao - 2021
During the period 2005 to 2020, Black borrowers with mortgages insured by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac paid interest rates … mortgages or moving. Black and Hispanic white borrowers face challenges refinancing because, on average, they have lower credit … mortgage contract designs that more directly pass through interest rate declines to borrowers can reduce racial mortgage …