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Freddie’s Study, NPR Story Recall Notable Academic Hoax

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NPR topped the online edition of its article with the headline, “Black and Latino Homeowners are About Twice as Likely as Whites To Get Low Appraisals.” Freddie never called the appraisals “low.” While the Freddie Mac study finds no evidence of undervaluation, the NPR story about the study somehow does.

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Appraisal Bias – A Counterpoint

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Freddie's Study, NPR Story Recall Notable Academic Hoax NPR topped the online edition of its article with the headline, “Black and Latino Homeowners are About Twice as Likely… Why is Only One Side of This Story Being Told?

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Finding of Bias in Home Valuations Fails by Own Measure

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To the surprise of no one, their redacted study found that what Perry et al. had characterized as race-based differences in home valuations were almost entirely due to socio-economic status, not racial bias by real estate appraisers.

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