There is a renewed focus on racism and structural inequality in the process of buying and selling homes after a Black couple shared their experience of how their home increased in value by half a million dollars when they had a white person stand in as the owner of the house. NBC News’ Jake Ward […]
A Black couple is now taking legal action after their home appraisal increased almost $300,000 due to their race. Nathan Connolly and Shani Mott filed the housing discrimination lawsuit in Maryland District Court last week about according to the New York Times. This happened about a year they applied to refinance their mortgage with loanDepot. […]
Paul Austin and Tenisha Tate-Austin became skeptical when their Northern California home the couple has spent years renovating was appraised way lower than expected according to CNN. The couple asked for a second opinion in 2020, when a white friend pretended to own their home, removing all the family’s artwork and photos that could show that […]
A Cincinnati family learned about the racism within housing appraisal journey. Erica Parker attempted to hide all signs of their race and tried to hide this from her daughters. However, after her 6-year-old saw her mother taking down her superhero drawings, she had to ask her mother why. “I had to just talk to her,” […]
Indy woman claims race played a factor in home appraisal after changes raise appraisal by $149K, after white friend took her place as staged homeowner A Indianapolis woman says she was discriminated because of his race while she got her house appraised in 2020. An appraisal came in as $149,000 less than the final one […]
California home owners experienced racism and discrimination when they were getting an appraisal for their Bay Area home. “It was work, but it was exciting,” Paul Austin, a homeowner in Marin City said according to ABC 7. He and his wife Tenisha Tate Austin feel like they captured a slice of the American dream when […]