In our latest Public I podcast, the Center’s Executive Director Bill Buzenberg talks to Michael Zuckerman, editor of our Land Use Accountability Project, about the role that inflated home appraisals played in the recent mortgage crisis.

Dozens of appraisers told the Center for Public Integrity that for years lenders across the United States pushed them into inflating the value of homes to justify higher mortgages, at times “blacklisting” appraisers who refused to cooperate. Now, appraisers and lenders alike are demanding better oversight of the industry.

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