Measuring Gentrification with Mortgage Application Data
Published online on December 11, 2025
Abstract
Urban Affairs Review, Ahead of Print.
This study introduces two measures of gentrification pressure, defined as the force new homebuyers impose on neighborhood income levels. The measures rely on U.S. Home Mortgage Disclosure Act mortgage applications to observe applicant income from 2012 to ...
This study introduces two measures of gentrification pressure, defined as the force new homebuyers impose on neighborhood income levels. The measures rely on U.S. Home Mortgage Disclosure Act mortgage applications to observe applicant income from 2012 to ...