Research and Data
Here you will find links to online data sources and foreclosure-related research. Check out the Data Monitor, BHPC's quarterly e-newsletter, for current foreclosure and market trends in Baltimore.
Data Sources
- Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
- Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
- Maryland State Department of Assessments & Taxation (real property search)
- Policy Map
- RealtyTrac
- U.S. Census Bureau
Research
See also the links to Government Agencies and Non-Profit Organizations -- many of these groups conduct and publish research that might not be included in this list.
Fix or Evict? Loan Modifications Return More Value Than Foreclosures
from Center for Responsible Lending
March 2011
by Matthew Kachura at the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance-Jacob France Institute
Winter 2011
Racial Segregation and the American Foreclosure Crisis
by Jacob Rugh and Douglas Massey
2010
Mortgage Foreclosures: Additional Mortgage Servicer Actions Could Help Reduce the Frequency and Impact of Abandoned Foreclosures (A GAO report on what we often refer to as "bank walkaways")
from the Government Accountability Office
November 2010
Subprime Lending Over Time: The Role of Race
from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
October 2010
from Abt Associates, Inc.
September 2010
See also the webinar presentation from this study.
From the Urban Institute
September 2010
The State of the Nation's Housing 2010
from Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
July 2010
from Center for American Progress
June 2010
Foreclosures by Race and Ethnicity: The Demographics of a Crisis
from Center for Responsible Lending
June 2010
Staying Home: The Rights of Renters Living in Foreclosed Properties
from National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
June 2010
The Effectiveness of Foreclosure Counseling in St. Louis
March 2010
Foreclosure Rescue Scams: A Nightmare Complicating the American Dream
from National Community Reinvestment Coalition
March 2010
from National Council of La Raza and Center for Community Capital
February 2010
State of the Dream 2010 - DRAINED: Jobless and Foreclosed in Communities of Color
from United for a Fair Economy
January 2010
State and Local Foreclosure Mediation Programs: Updates and New Developments
from National Consumer Law Center
January 2010
Forced Sales and House Prices (working paper)
from Massachusets Institute of Technology
December 2009
from Abt Associates, Inc.
December 2009
Health Status of People Undergoing Foreclosure in the Philadelphia Region
from American Journal of Public Health
October 2009
from National Consumer Law Center
October 2009
October 2009
Subprime Revisited: How Reverse Mortgage Lenders' Put Older Homeowners' Equity at Risk
from National Consumer Law Center
October 2009
Impacts of Foreclosures on Families and Communities: A Primer
from The Urban Institute
July 2009
It's Time We Talked: Mandatory Mediation in the Foreclosure Process
from Center for American Progress
June 2009
Loan Modifications and Redefault Risk: An Examination of Short-Term Impacts
from the UNC Center for Community Capital and HUD Office of Policy Developent and Research
March 2009
Foreclosures and Crime: A Geographical Perspective
from Geography & Public Safety, National Institute of Justice
October 2008
Mortgage Foreclosure Filings in Maryland
February 2008