Testimony at 2025 Lending Equity Ordinance hearing on municipal depositoriesFebruary 9, 2026The presentation below is from the City of Chicago’s annual subject matter hearing on municipal depositories…More
Financing For Home Repairs ‘Out Of Reach’January 22, 2026Written by Serrater Chapman, Director of Applied Research, Woodstock Institute. Letter to the editor originally published…More
Home Improvement Loan Access Limitations in Cook County and Chicago, IL (2021-2024)December 9, 2025Executive Summary This report analyzes Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data from 2021 to 2024 to…More
Community Lending Data Portal Virtual WorkshopNovember 5, 2025In October, Woodstock Institute held a virtual workshop guiding participants through our Community Lending Data Portal.…More
2025 Portal Updates: New Small Business Lending Dashboard and Ward-Level Lending Data Now AvailableSeptember 18, 2025The 2024 data is in! Visit Woodstock Institute’s updated Community Lending Data Portal for free and…More
2023 Lending Observations: Chicago, Cook County, and the Seven-County RegionJuly 2, 2025The lending markets in Chicago, Cook County, and the seven-county Chicago-region have undergone significant shifts between…More
Mortgage Lending Matters: 2022 Data Edition (Massachusetts)November 23, 2024Woodstock Institute and the Partnership for Financial Equity are pleased to present Massachusetts Mortgage Lending Matters: 2022 Data Edition.…More
Small Business Lending Matters: 2022 Data Edition (Massachusetts)November 23, 2024Woodstock Institute and the Partnership for Financial Equity are pleased to present Massachusetts Small Business Lending…More
Introducing our new and improved Community Lending Data Portal June 24, 2024Woodstock Institute is proud to unveil our new Community Lending Data Portal, which now includes mortgage…More
Small Business Lending Matters: 2021 Data Edition (Massachusetts)February 5, 2024Woodstock Institute and the Partnership for Financial Equity are pleased to present Small Business Lending Matters—2021…More
New Fact Book Reveals Continued Racial Disparities in Chicago Area Mortgage LendingDecember 5, 2023Chicago Area Community Lending Fact Book breaks down 2022 neighborhood-level mortgage trends. Learn more at upcoming…More
Community Lending Fact Book: 2022 Data EditionNovember 30, 2023Woodstock Institute is excited to announce the release of our Chicago Area Community Lending Fact Book:…More
2022 Chicago-area Community Lending ObservationsNovember 30, 2023 The below is our analysis of 2022 Chicago-area mortgage lending trends based on the data…More
Mortgage Lending Matters: 2021 Data Edition (Massachusetts)June 29, 2023The new report and corresponding Fact Book are a comprehensive look into mortgage lending disparities in…More
2021: As Non-CRA-Regulated Mortgage Lending Increases, Black, Latino, and Lower-Income Groups Receive Higher Cost LoansMarch 28, 2023Our March 28 webinar presented findings, plans for the next generation of the Community Lending Fact…More
Lender Backsliding: Increased Loan Disparities in 2020 lunch and learnSeptember 20, 2022Our new analysis found lending disparities grew in the Chicago region in 2020. Overall, we found,…More
Refis up in 2020: Highlights from Community Lending Fact Book 2020 Data EditionAugust 1, 2022Each year we analyze home and small business lending data for Chicago and the metro region…More
Meet our new Data Portal & Fact BookMarch 10, 2022On February 23, Janice Guzon and Horacio Mendez led a presentation highlighting the new capacities of…More