by Christina Hughes Babb | Apr 15, 2021 | Diversity, Member News
Tai Christensen, CBC Mortgage Agency’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Officer who also serves on the Advisory Board for the Five Star Institute’s American Mortgage Diversity Council, joined DS5 for a discussion on diversity in mortgage lending. As our country...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Apr 14, 2021 | Diversity
One of the most vital steps along the path to owning a home is access to mortgage credit. Researchers examining the racial gap that exists in homeownership and the wealth that accompanies it recently looked into alternative data used in securing credit, and whether it...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Mar 13, 2021 | Diversity
Although a study in fall 2020 showed the coronavirus pandemic hitting working women harder than their male counterparts—a “she-cession,” the phenomenon has been called—a newer report by Redfin shows single women purchased 9% more homes in the fourth...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Mar 12, 2021 | Diversity
A pandemic that in the past year has changed every American’s way of life also has illuminated and exacerbated shortcomings in the U.S. economy and housing. “We Can’t wait 114 Years to Close the Diversity Gap in Housing”—it’s the central theme...
by Christina Hughes Babb | Mar 12, 2021 | Diversity
The Senate recently confirmed President Biden’s nomination of Rep. Marcia L. Fudge as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in a 66-34 vote. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) yesterday prepared a procedural cloture motion...
