Posts Tagged ‘HMDA’
Investigate lending practices in your community
The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) database has just been updated in the NICAR Data Library. Loan application records for 2014 are now available. HMDA requires all banks, savings and loans, savings banks and credit unions with assets of more than $33 million and offices in metropolitan areas to report mortgage applications. WHAT CAN I DO…
Read MoreUpdated data on home mortgage applications now available from NICAR
The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) database has just been updated in the NICAR Data Library. Loan application records for 2013 are now available. What’s in it? This Act requires all banks, savings and loans, savings banks and credit unions with assets of more than $33 million and offices in metropolitan areas to report mortgage…
Read MoreHome Mortgage Disclosure Act — 2012 data now available
The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) database has just been updated in the NICAR Database Library. WHAT’S IN IT? This Act requires all banks, savings and loans, savings banks and credit unions with assets of more than $33 million and offices in metropolitan areas to report mortgage applications. Each loan record contains demographic information about loan applicants,…
Read MoreHMDA data updated in the Database Library
The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data have just been updated in the NICAR Database Library — and we’ll help you turn it into a story. WHAT’S IN IT?This Act requires all banks, savings and loans, savings banks and credit unions with assets of more than $33 million and offices in metropolitan areas to report…
Read MoreJoin us in Columbus for an Election Watchdog Workshop
IRE is bringing its Election Watchdog Workshop to Columbus, OH on August 24-25. Arm yourself with the knowledge you need to cover the 2012 elections. Get in-depth tips and strategies to follow the campaign cash as well as help your audience track the behind-the-scenes battle for influence, backgrounding candidates, making sense of the new world of…
Read MoreFighting for open records in Spain
By Hilary Niles @nilesmedia Spain is an “information black hole,” journalist Mar Cabra said during the Against All -Spanish- Odds. She and software developer David Cabo are taking suggestions on how to fix that. Among the European countries with a population more than 1 million, Cabra said, Spain is the only one not to have…
Read More2011 Philip Meyer Award winners
Three major investigative reports that used social science research methods to: expose serial killings, shine a light on school cheating, and reveal truths about the home foreclosure crisis were named winners of the 2011 Philip Meyer Award. First place is awarded to “Murder Mysteries” by Thomas Hargrove of Scripps Howard News Service. The series resulted…
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