The chairman of the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts is distancing himself from the organization after a Quicken Loans executive's wife filed a defamation lawsuit against him for vulgar group texts.

Remarks that the head of the mortgage broker association made about a Quicken Loan executive's wife in a video text exchange led to a defamation lawsuit, and housing-finance companies are taking sides.

The consumer agency alleges Townstone Financial's CEO and president made statements on a radio show discouraging applicants living in Black neighborhoods from seeking home loans.

He co-founded California Rural Legal Assistance, Public Advocates and the Greenlining Institute.

A man who started a mortgage brokers group issued a statement indicating he regretted saying "lewd" personal things about a Quicken Loans executive’s spouse while sparring over a professional matter.

The existing framework should not be revised until a consensus has been achieved among stakeholders, including civil rights experts, according to Quicken.

A bevy of housing advocates spoke against President Trump's threat to remove the Affirmatively Further Fair Housing Rule, a regulation that aims to end racial segregation.

The gap between Black and white homeownership rates is extremely wide in some areas, and it could get worse if the industry fails to proactively address local and national inequities.

For potential higher-end homebuyers, the pandemic was merely a pause, but for those seeking affordable properties — often people of color — it created yet another barrier.