Diversity Seen as Key to Revive Homeownership

June 30, 2017 LawsonRealtyGroup 0
After two quarters of improvement, the national homeownership rate stayed at 63.6 percent in the first quarter—statistically the same level as the last quarter of 2016.  The Homeownership  Preservation Foundation has a formula for reviving the recovery: Continue to give …Read More

Path to Homeownership or Road to Ruin?

June 25, 2017 LawsonRealtyGroup 0
In the 19th and early 20th Centuries, many African Americna and immigrant families became homeowners by a practice called “contract for deed,” which involved no mortgage.  Prevalent in the Deep South and urban neighborhoods, African Americans often were caught in …Read More
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