Tools to make analyzing mortgage application data much easier.
"HMDA" refers to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
, a law that requires
financial institutions to maintain and annually disclose data about home
purchases, home purchase pre-approvals, home improvement, and refinance applications. This data is made public and is available from the US Government at the FFIEC HMDA Products
site.
.. _Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Mortgage_Disclosure_Act .. _FFIEC HMDA Products: http://www.ffiec.gov/hmda/hmdaproducts.htm
Documentation can be found at https://hmda-tools.readthedocs.org/.