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Products, i put them away. so that someone would be tipped off by them. >> reporter: a different appraiser, also a white woman according to the austins, who visited the house in february of 2020, came back with a valuation of more than $1,482,500, an appraisal 49% higher than the previous one. in dollars thats a $487,500 difference between two appraisals that came about three weeks apart. in federal court the austins have sued the appraiser, jeanette miller, who gave them the lower estimate, all...

Andre perry, senior fellio at the brookings institution, writes about it. >> we found homes in black neighborhoods are underpriced by 23%. theres about $156 billion in lost equity in black neighborhoods. $156 billion. >> and joe johns joins me now. joe, thanks for joining us. the austins are suing. what are they expecting to get out of the suit? >> they say they want an order about discrimination, but theres also the issue of damages. they lost the interest rate they were trying to get, around i...

Estimate, alleging housing discrimination. miller did not respond to several requests to grant us an interview or put us in contact with her lawyer. devaluing home price is starting to attract more attention in washington. its not always about million dollar homes. andre perry writes about it. >> we found homes in black neighborhoods are underpriced by 23%, about 48,000 cumulatively. theres $156 billion in loss equity in black neighborhoods. $156 billion. >> reporter: at the end of the day, the ...

Paul and Tenisha Austin suspected the valuer had underestimated their family home. So they made it look like a white family owned it.

Paul and Tenisha Austin suspected the valuer had underestimated their family home. So they made it look like a white family owned it.

Paul and Tenisha Austin suspected the valuer had underestimated their family home. So they made it look like a white family owned it.

Paul and Tenisha Austin suspected the valuer had underestimated their family home. So they made it look like a white family owned it.

Their first appraisal was at $995,000, but after 'whitewashing' their home, it was $1,480,000. Read more at Boston.com.

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