Lenders Commit To LGTBQ+ Inclusion

PRISM honorees doing their part for clients, colleagues

unconscious bias within their local real estate industry. The survey also found that 20% of Alliance members said real estate agents were the top culprits of housing discrimination against LGBTQ+ people.

The fact that the LGBTQ+ community is underserved is why National Mortgage Professional magazine is honoring three mortgage lenders for their commitment to diversity and inclusion in an industry where 8% of brokers are LGTBQ, according to a September 2022 report by Zippia, an online recruitment service.

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., of Madison, Wisc., Capital Mortgage Funding of Southfield, Mich., and Geneva Financial Home Loans of Chandler, Ariz., each have their own styles and programs to promote diversity and inclusion, but all three are united in believing their ways benefit both employees and customers.

These companies recognize that their commitment is both the right way to do business and a boon to their bottom lines. After all, the LGBTQ+ represents $1 trillion of buying power in the U.S., according to that 2020-21 NAGLREP report. 

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