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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Probl. 2015 May 4;62(2):186–218. doi: 10.1093/socpro/spv002

Table 2.

Estimated Cost of Cumulative Disadvantage in Baltimore

Cost of Cumulative Disadvantage: Excess Amounts Paid
N As % of Monthly Payment Annual Excess Amount Paid Excess over Observed Life of Loan Excess over Projected 30 Year Term
Black Borrowers (vs. White Borrowers)
    All Black Borrowers 1,259 5.3% $497 $1,739 $14,904
        Borrower Income over $50,000 696 6.0% $634 $2,220 $19,026
        Private Label Securitization Loans 877 11.1% $1,067 $3,733 $32,000
All Borrowers in Black Tracts (vs. All Borrowers in White Tracts)
    All Borrowers in Black Tracts 1,288 2.9% $255 $894 $7,664
        Borrower Income over $50,000 742 3.7% $359 $1,256 $10,768
        Private Label Securitization Loans 847 7.5% $660 $2,308 $19,786
Black Borrowers in Black Tracts (vs. White Borrowers in White Tracts)
    Black Borrowers in Black Tracts 946 6.4% $532 $1,861 $15,948
        Borrower Income over $50,000 494 7.2% $651 $2,277 $19,516
        Private Label Securitization Loans 655 11.3% $954 $3,339 $28,616
Black Borrowers in White Tracts (vs. White Borrowers in White Tracts)
    Black Borrowers in White Tracts 242 4.8% $647 $2,265 $19,415
        Borrower Income over $50,000 159 4.8% $762 $2,667 $22,864
        Private Label Securitization Loans 167 9.7% $1,405 $4,916 $42,138
White Borrowers in Black Tracts (vs. White Borrowers in White Tracts)
    White Borrowers in 50%-100% Black Tracts 271 1.8% $187 $654 $5,609
        Borrower Income over $50,000 205 2.3% $269 $941 $8,068
        Private Label Securitization Loans 137 6.4% $679 $2,377 $20,376

Note: Excess amount paid equals average adjusted predictive margins for monthly payment estimated as an outcome in Appendix Table 1 subtracted from the actual observed mean payment for the sub-sample in each row . Average observed life of loan is 42 months for loans that never entered foreclosure, 29 months for loans in foreclosure, and 28 months for loans that ended in foreclosure and home reposession