Tag Archives: The Urban institute

To address and reduce the racial gap between in home ownership and wealth-building, the Urban Institute and the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank) have committed $1.5 million to a new program called “Racial Equity Accelerator for Homeownership” which will “develop ...

Research shows that higher-income households have “essentially fully recovered,” but lower-income families "continue to suffer.”

New commentary says that enforcement should not impact the owners, but it is. What are some possible solutions to this issue?

How can the gap in black homeownership rates be reduced to enable intergenerational wealth building and economic mobility? A report explores some strategies.

Expert panels discuss the close relationship between homeownership and economic wealth within the Latino community. Click through to know more about issues impacting wealth creation and economic mobility for Hispanic Americans.

Terrence Laughlin, 63, had been a trustee of the Urban Institute since 2015 and was vice-chairman at Bank of America.

The extended period of low mortgage rates is drawing to a close. See how the end of this trend is impacting refinance lenders and GSEs.

The GSE Patch of the Qualified Mortgage Rule is set to expire on January 10, 2021. See what possible options experts have for addressing the soon-to-be expired Patch.

A new report found that the homeownership rate for millennials was lower than for generations past. While the reasons are many and varied, here’s what the researchers recommended to tackle this challenge.

A recent study is examining how advances in technology are making it easier for more people to have access to financial resources.