Opportunities for tax breaks, wealth accumulation and equity building are among the reasons why homeownership is part of the American dream. But according to new data, securing a mortgage to purchase or refinance a home can be a devastating detour on the road to that dream for people of color—despite decades old legal protections against redlining and other forms of discrimination in real estate. Lending Tree, the Charlotte-based online lending marketplace, evaluated publicly available mortgage
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