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Black Americans and Homeownership: Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Homeownership for Black Americans has a complicated history. During slavery, Black Americans who were slaves could not own property and those who were free often [...]
4 Common Credit Problems and How to Overcome Them
When your credit isn't good, you can feel like the whole world is against you. You might also feel like homeownership is out of reach. [...]
New Year’s Resolutions for Future Homebuyers
If 2024 is the year you intend to give your landlord back the keys to his or her place forever, here are five New Year's [...]
From first-time homebuyer to realtor: Building wealth through real estate
From first-time homebuyer to realtor: Building wealth through real estate For years, Kiescha dreamt of becoming a homeowner. But she didn't move forward because she [...]
When Mortgage Denials Occur, Everyone Loses
For generations, Black Americans have worked to close the racial wealth gap through homeownership. But recent data paints a grim picture. According to Bloomberg, Blacks [...]
Getting your credit ready for homeownership
As careful as you try to be, there are many factors that can hurt your credit score and make it more challenging to buy a [...]
7 ways NOT to get ripped off by a contractor
A home is more than a roof over our heads. It’s where we make memories with our loved ones. Our place of refuge from the [...]
Student loan payments are resuming again. Now what?
If you have student loan debt, you may have benefited in the past couple of years from the federal government's forbearance program, which temporarily paused [...]
