Studies show housing crisis disproportionately affects women

ajc.com — Women on average were already in a more precarious economic position than men, and they appear to be taking much of the housing crisis hit. Sales and prices are down. Foreclosures have spiked in Georgia and across the nation. No one yet has a breakdown of the damage by gender. But studies show that women accounted for more than their share of the risky loans at the crest of the lending and buying boom.

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