Redlining Definition

redlīniŋ

noun

The systematic refusal by some lending institutions or insurance companies to issue mortgage loans or insurance on property in certain neighborhoods regarded by them as deteriorating.

Webster's New World

An unlawful discrimination in granting credit practiced by some financial institutions, based upon the prospective borrower’s living in a so-called “undesirable” or “bad” neighborhood.

Webster's New World Law

verb

Present participle of redline.

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