How to Close the Minority Homeownership Gap
NAHREP’s CEO and Co-Founder Gary Acosta delves into an eye-opening discussion on closing the minority homeownership gap – how to empower the secondary mortgage market and promote diversity in lending
The Hispanic Wealth Project Launches NAHREP REACH Labs Program
NAHREP REACH Labs is a program to help the 40,000 NAHREP members and others in the real estate and mortgage industry engage with the startup community.
A statement from NAHREP co-founder and CEO on today’s affirmative action ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court
Today’s action by the US Supreme Court to eliminate affirmative action for college admissions is a setback for those that support efforts to address past discriminatory practices and ethnic wealth and prosperity gaps. With America rapidly becoming a majority-minority country, the economic well-being of our diverse communities will be directly tied to the overall prosperity of our nation.
NAHREP Announces 2023 Top 250 Latino Agents Award Recipients
SAN DIEGO—June 22, 2023— The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP®) released its twelfth annual Top 250 Latino Agents Report today recognizing the top producing Latino agents across the United States, including Puerto Rico. This year’s report ranks individual agents and teams based on transactions and sales volume, representing a total of 31,913 transactions and $11.2 billion in combined sales volume in 2022.
NAHREP Announces 2023 Top 250 Latino Mortgage Originator Award Recipients
SAN DIEGO— June 1, 2023 — The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP®) released its ninth annual Top 250 Latino Mortgage Originators Report today, recognizing the top-producing Latino mortgage professionals across the United States.
Latonia Donaldson Appointed Chairperson of NAHREP® Corporate Board of Governors
SAN DIEGO, CA—May 1, 2023—The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals® (NAHREP) announced today that Latonia Donaldson, Senior Vice President and National Director of Multicultural Community Lending at PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company, will chair the organization’s 2023 Corporate Board of Governors.
HousingWire Announces the 2023 HW Rising Stars
DALLAS, Texas — Today, HousingWire announced the 2023 class of HW Rising Stars. The award spotlights 80 leaders ages 40 years and younger who are driving the mortgage, real estate and fintech industries forward.
Opinion: why we all have a stake in closing the homeownership gap
NAHREP Co-Founder and CEO Gary Acosta comments on the importance of homeownership for the stability of the American economy and some of the latest trends in the industry to be aware of.
2022 State of Hispanic Homeownership Report
This year’s State of Hispanic Homeownership Report tells a story. In addition to the data and research analyzing homeownership attainment among Latinos in the U.S., NAHREP commissioned photographer Adriel Salazar to capture images of real families that purchased a home in Houston, Texas last year. These photos capture a pivotal moment in time and humanize the Latino homeownership journey. NAHREP chose to feature families in Houston because the city was the third highest-ranking market that added the greatest number of new Latino homeowners over the last two years. Overall, Texas continues to be home to the nation’s top opportunity markets for new Latino homebuyers.
Insights from the SHHR: Multigenerational Living Among Latinos
La familia is at the crux of multigenerational living among Latino households. Many of us, or someone we know, live with a grandparent, an aunt or uncle, etc. This isn’t surprising. We know anecdotally that Latinos are more likely to live in a multigenerational household compared to other demographic groups, but what does the data actually show? Insights from the State of Hispanic Homeownership Report found that Latinos are among the most likely demographic to live in a multigenerational household, a trend that is increasing as housing affordability worsens.