NEW ORLEANS – The 2025 National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) Black Homeownership Summit will be held in New Orleans, Nov. 13-14 at Dillard University.
The two-day summit will bring together Realtists (the official title for NAREB members), partners, financial institutions, educators, policymakers, and community leaders from across the nation to advance a shared mission of expanding Black wealth through real estate ownership.
Founded in 1947, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers advocates for “democracy in housing,” representing more than 100 local boards in 38 states. Its members, known as Realtists, work together across professions such as appraising, development, mortgage lending, and housing counseling to make homeownership affordable, sustainable, and attainable for more Americans.
Expanding Black Wealth Through Real Estate
According to the most recent full-year data available, the homeownership rate for Black households stood at about 44.7 percent in 2023, compared with roughly 72.4 percent for white households, a gap of nearly 28 percentage points. The 2024 State of Housing in Black America (SHIBA) Report, which will be released during the summit under the leadership of NAREB National President Ashley Thomas III, will include updated data and deeper analysis of these trends…