Our new analysis found lending disparities grew in the Chicago region in 2020. Overall, we found, loan volume increased mostly due to refinance loans. Research Associate Natalie Cheng led our presentation on findings and demonstrated the latest iteration of...
Each year we analyze home and small business lending data for Chicago and the metro region and share it on our Data Portal. In 2020, we found that lending disparities grew in the Chicago region, while overall loan volume...
On February 23, Janice Guzon and Horacio Mendez led a presentation highlighting the new capacities of our online data portal.
People in Chicago's 77 community areas and across the 7-county Chicagoland region rely on our Fact Book and Data Portal to track their neighborhood's financial health. Please join us from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 16...
Woodstock Institute is pleased to share the Chicago Area Community Lending Fact Book 2019 Data Edition, continuing a series begun in 1986 as part of our mission to analyze and disseminate data on access to loans and financial opportunity...
Two federal laws, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), passed in the 1970s after a national grassroots advocacy campaign that uncovered examples of redlining – refusal to loan in a community due to bankers’...
People use the Community Lending Fact Book and companion Data Portal to monitor and manage lending activity and ensure each neighborhood can access affordable and responsible credit to help create and maintain a healthy economy.
Coming in 2021, two new Fact Books: one features 2020 Dodd-Frank Data, the other will aggregate the data from 34 years of Fact Book data to analyze long-term trends Fact Books, A Valuable Resource Woodstock Institute’s Community Lending Fact...
The Chicago area 2019 Community Lending Fact Book identifies local mortgage and small business lending trends in the City of Chicago, Chicago’s 77 community areas, and the seven-county region of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties....
What Recovery? Ask Chicagoans 10 Years after Financial Crisis Woodstock Institute Releases 2018 Community Lending Fact Book against Backdrop of Sluggish Recovery in the Region FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 7, 2018 PRESS CONTACT: Jenna Severson (0) (312) 368-0310 (jseverson@woodstockinst.org)...