by James Sanna | Aug 15, 2023
A $1.5 million cut to a state grant program for first-time homebuyer counseling might seem small, but the nonprofit community developers who use the funds say it could gut their work trying to give aspiring homebuyers of color a shot in the ever-more-expensive Massachusetts housing market.
by James Sanna | Jul 2, 2023
A new analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data shows too many Black and Latino first-time homebuyers are still using expensive FHA loans when much cheaper local options exist, a major housing advocacy group says.
by James Sanna | Jun 29, 2023
A new analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data shows the low interest rates homebuyers enjoyed in 2020 and 2021 had an outsized impact on efforts to close the racial home ownership gap in Massachusetts.
by James Sanna | Oct 25, 2022
Two moves announced by Federal Housing Finance Agency officials Monday could give a boost to first-time buyers, minority buyers and others with less resources who’ve been unceremoniously shoved out of the housing market by rising prices and interest rates this year.
by Diane McLaughlin | Jul 17, 2022
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.
by Banker & Tradesman | Apr 30, 2021
It’s widely accepted in the real estate finance world that student debt can significantly lower someone’s buying power when they go to purchase a new home. But a new paper has quantified how much.
by Banker & Tradesman | Apr 10, 2019
In the last decade, the number of Latino homeowners in America grew by 1.57 million to 7.87 million homeowners in 2018.