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Culture, Finance

Starter Tips for Building Your Own Financial Legacy

Small steps pave the way to achieving bigger goals.

By

stevenpolletta

Published

February 23, 2022
News, Race Matters

Study: Black Mortgage Applicants are Denied 84% More Often than White Applicants

The number one reason Black people are denied mortgage is credit history.

By

Noah A. McGee

Published

January 14, 2022
Legal, News

Indiana Bank Accused of Discriminating Against Black Mortgage Applicants Must Provide $27 million to African American homebuyers

Out of the 2,260 housing loans given out by Old National Bank during the 2019-2020 year, only 37 of them went to Black borrowers.

By

Rachel Pilgrim

Published

December 21, 2021
Business, Culture

Mortgage Lender Fires Its Diversity Recruiting Team

Better.com’s algorithms are supposed to cut mortgage discrimination

By

Keith Reed

Published

December 6, 2021
Culture, Finance

Is Credit Racist?

A recent investigation into the mortgage loan industry exposed the well-known systemic inequality embedded in America’s credit reporting system.

By

Michael Harriot

Published

September 2, 2021
Culture, Race Matters

Is Student Loan Debt Hurting Black Homeownership? HUD Secretary Says Yep!

Marcia Fudge linked a decline in Black homeownership to student loan debt while touting HUD plans to remove barriers between Black people and mortgage lenders.

By

Zack Linly

Published

June 23, 2021