Home-Valuation Site Accussed of Discrimination in Listings

Zillow.com, the Web site that provides free home valuations, has been accused by a coalition of community activist groups of undervaluing the homes in black and Latino neighborhoods. In a letter sent by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition to the Federal Trade Commission last Thursday, the group asserted that Zillow's Web site misrepresented home values and placed residents in low-income neighborhoods "more at risk for discriminatory and predatory lending practices."

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