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Value of Indianapolis home doubles to $259,000 after black owner asks WHITE friend to stand in for her for appraisal visit
- Carlette Duffy is a homeowner in Indianapolis who was looking to refinance
- Her home was in the Flanner House Homes neighborhood was appraised for $125,000 first in March and April 2020
- A market analysis of her own home at the time, however, concluded the list price of her home could be as high as $187,000
- Between May and July 2020, Freedom Mortgage and Tim Boston of the Appraisal Network appraised her home even lower at $110,000, according to a complaint
- On November 4, the white husband of her friend - who Duffy told the appraiser was her brother - stood in for Duffy, who claimed to be out of town
- Two days later, she received an appraisal from a company for $259,000
- Duffy has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, asking for the initial appraisals to be investigated