The Massachusetts Community & Banking Council changed its name to the Partnership for Financial Equity, and it’s on the move, continuing to advance the MCBC’s 32-year legacy of working towards fairness and best practices in the financial sector.
Massachusetts’ South Coast will not see MBTA commuter rail service until the end of next year, but the train is already making waves in the region’s housing market.
Black homebuyers receive a record number of home loans in Massachusetts in 2020 but persistent inequalities continued, and advocates say they face a major barrier to understanding why.
Black borrowers with down payments of 20 percent or more were denied home mortgages in Massachusetts at higher rates than other borrowers in 2020, according to a new report from the Massachusetts Community & Banking Council.
