Julissa Arce to lead session where NAHREP and Better Homes and Gardens Announce findings from National Latina Survey and discuss views as entrepreneurs San Diego, CA – August 13, 2015 – The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals® (NAHREP®) has announced Julissa Acre, former Goldman Sachs star and current public affairs director at Define…
No Doubt About It, MSAs Must Go By Gary Acosta Prospect Mortgage and Wells Fargo, and most recently, PHH, have announced decisions to abandon the practice of using marketing services agreements. These companies should only be the first wave: it is time for the practice of MSAs to end once and for all. By eliminating…
Commentary by Marisa Calderon We’re at a place where more women of color are stepping into leadership roles in the workforce, and it’s no surprise this growth is being felt in real estate. The Women’s Council of REALTORS® claims a women’s division was created in the California Real Estate Association in 1924 and the National…
By Nicole Akoukou Thompson The thriving U.S. Latino population is earning more and gaining influences amid the mainstream, but home ownership for the community has dipped. Could this be due to cultural spending habits and an aversion to acquiring credit? There are 54 million Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S., constituting 17 percent of the nation’s total…
One big reason: Conventional credit-scoring methods work against them. BY BRENTIN MOCK As more Hispanic and Latino people decide to make America home, they’ve been less able to actually buy a home in recent years. The homeownership rate for Hispanic Americans was 45.4 percent in 2014–the lowest it’s been since 2000, and the first time…
BY KEVIN G. HALL WASHINGTON – hey make up the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population yet Hispanics are increasingly locked out of home ownership because of tighter lending standards that rely on outdated measures of creditworthiness. Comprising more than 17 percent of the population right now and projected to double, Hispanics are a…
National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals reflects muscle Hispanics flexing in U.S. real estate markets BY HATCHER HURD The numbers that the U.S. Hispanic population is generating can no longer be ignored. They have a 45 percent share in the homeowner market. That is just the beginning of the message Teresa Palacios Smith, the…
by Ibi Fleming Latinos are a growing force of influence in America – with good reason. The Latino population is anticipated to double, to approximately 106 million people, by the year 2050. The success of the U.S. economy is very much tied to the success of the Latino workforce. Since small businesses are a critical…
It is looking more likely that the comprehensive immigration bill the Senate passed last month will end up stalling in the GOP-controlled House. Although Republican partisans probably don’t realize it, killing immigration reform could do serious collateral damage to the housing recovery. Most economists believe that bringing 11 million undocumented immigrants out of the shadows…
The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals® (NAHREP) applauds the decision by NBC and Univision to cut business ties with Donald Trump. “This is an important milestone that will be remembered for many years,” said 2015 NAHREP President Teresa Palacios Smith. “The significance of the Hispanic community in terms of buying power and political…