The family home is often the first and only model of homeownership a Black child ever sees
Despite a nationwide dip in first-time homeownership, Black buyers have bucked the trend in 2024, leading the market with 62% purchasing their first home, according to Zillow
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Mortgage discrimination and appraisal bias are eroding Black homeownership gains, according to the National Association of Real Estate Brokers' latest State of Housing in Black America report
Now that buyer agency compensation rules are in place, Trina Gonzales-Van writes, stakeholders must consider their impact on borrowers and whether they do more harm than good
The Baltimore homeowner succumbed to cancer before she could celebrate a landmark appraisal bias win. She's part of a long legacy of Black homeowners who've died while fighting for their rights
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Cultivating efforts that improve Black homeownership rates, broker-owner Jemila Winsey writes, requires Black real estate professionals to take on leadership positions
It's frustrating to see how misunderstood and divisive DEI efforts are, broker Janel Randall writes, while real estate professionals work every day to debunk myths around Black homeownership
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According to Keller Williams Head of Inclusion and Belonging Julia Lashay Israel, the Sitzer | Burnett commission case has broad implications for the accessibility of homeownership
Access to safe credit building is limited in Black neighborhoods, Zillow reported, highlighting lingering effects of redlining that keep those households renting instead of owning a home
The National Association of Realtors said increasing the nation's inventory is 1 solution to address homeownership gap. The trade group is eying 3M net new Black homeowners by 2030
Between February 2020 and January 2023, Black homeowners saw their homes' values increase by 42.5%, compared to 38.5% for U.S. home values overall
Karl Rove, deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush, and April Ryan, the longest-serving Black female White House correspondent, spoke at NAR's Legislative and Political forum
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To fulfill the promise of our founders, and of Juneteenth, it's time to prioritize affordability and access for Black Americans
Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and former Trump adviser Ja'Ron Smith shared how discrimination hurts the economy as NAR unveiled its goal to add 3M Black homeowners by 2030