When doomsday struck in 2022 with the first interest rate hike, Tiffany Dawson was already prepared. As a budding real estate investor she knew that refinances were losing steam, and the purchase market would be the new path forward. While many new MLOs did not last the year or make it far into 2023, Dawson excelled, closing 24 loans in one month and being promoted to Senior Loan Officer in her first year.

Nicole Haggard, PhD, Director of the Center for the Advancement for Women at Mount Saint Mary’s University, exposes the hidden costs women pay for products and services in just about every area of their lives. From healthcare to beauty standards. From a lack of access to venture capital to invisible domestic labor and unbalanced care work. All those added costs can be added to the list of barriers holding back more women from achieving homeownership.

Best-selling author and compliance professional Tory Haggerty discusses his new book, Thick Red Line, which breaks down how bias and discrimination can affect any and every part of the loan cycle from application to underwriting to pricing to marketing. Using case studies, Haggerty shows how some banks have navigated their way back to compliance and fair lending.