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 "issuer": "FinanceRateCalc",
 "issued_at": "2026-08-22T00:00:00Z",
 "provenance": {
  "primary_source": "CFPB/FFIEC HMDA public record, 2025",
  "dataset": "loan_type=2 (FHA); action_taken in {1,2,3} = decisioned; reverse mortgages excluded",
  "code_history": "https://github.com/financeratecalc/financeratecalc.github.io",
  "integrity_note": "v0: integrity via sha256 + public git history; cryptographic signatures planned",
  "source_record": "https://financeratecalc.com/api/metro/fort-wayne-in.json",
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  "required_text": "Source: FinanceRateCalc analysis of the public CFPB HMDA 2025 record; historical aggregate only.",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0"
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 "claim": {
  "metric": "intra_metro_lender_denial_gap",
  "value": 22.5,
  "unit": "percentage_points",
  "subject": "Fort Wayne, IN metro (MSA 23060)",
  "period": "2025",
  "definition": "max minus min observed FHA denial rate among listed lenders with >=100 decisioned applications in this metro",
  "lowest_denial_lender": {
   "name": "Ruoff Mortgage Company",
   "denial_rate_pct": 9.8,
   "decisioned_here": 286
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  "highest_denial_lender": {
   "name": "ROCKET MORTGAGE",
   "denial_rate_pct": 32.3,
   "decisioned_here": 161
  },
  "eligible_lender_count": 3,
  "note": "Derived statistic; does not appear in raw HMDA. Observed rates are unadjusted for applicant mix."
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 "interpretation_boundary": {
  "consistent_with": [
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   "channel composition",
   "documentation practices",
   "unobserved applicant risk mix"
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  "does_not_establish": [
   "cause of the gap",
   "misconduct by any lender",
   "expected outcome for any individual applicant"
  ],
  "caveat": "Historical observations about institutions. Not ratings, not recommendations, not predictions about any individual application. Rates reflect applicant composition as well as lender practice."
 },
 "related_research": {
  "variance_decomposition": "38% of explained variation in FHA denial outcomes attaches to lender identity (national, mix-adjusted).",
  "paper": "https://ssrn.com/abstract=7309319",
  "doi": "https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7309319",
  "dataset": "https://huggingface.co/datasets/FinanceRateCalc/door-effect-fha-2025",
  "methodology": "https://financeratecalc.com/methodology.html"
 },
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