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Yoga and a mortgage? Guaranteed Rate has a new app for that

Housing Wire

A mortgage lender isn’t the first place most people would turn to for yoga, meditation or personal wellness. However, Guaranteed Rate hopes to change that with the launch of its new consumer-focused Rate App. He knew he needed to make changes. “I The app features general financial and budgeting education, videos and articles.

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HW+ Member Spotlight: Reina Ramos

Housing Wire

This week’s HW+ member spotlight features Reina Ramos, senior vice president, mortgage market leader at City National Bank of Florida. Below, Ramos answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: To start off, what is your current favorite HW+ article and why? There was so much information to absorb and retain.

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Impact of Pandemic on U.S. Housing Market, Federal Bill Could Tackle Racial Gap in Home Appraisals, and More Appraisal News

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housing market. After a week of declines, mortgage rates are back on the rise. housing market. ” This Redfin News article provides an overview of “how drastically the housing market has changed since then.” Mortgage rates have returned to pre-pandemic levels after hitting a record low.

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Appraisal Institute Counters Flawed Appraiser Bias Narrative

Appraisal Today

Chance’s leadership in publicly addressing the issue and committing to advocate for appraisers represents an encouraging change of direction for the Institute. As Chance acknowledges, the Institute should have done more to advocate for appraisers and make the public aware of their professionalism. It is human nature.

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Opinion: When it comes to default and REO, what you don’t know will hurt you

Housing Wire

Even though mortgage origination volumes are down, we’re experiencing a highly competitive purchase market. It can also be said that those who have not stayed current with this changing environment will be in for some serious challenges as well. A moment of reckoning may be imminent for the default and REO industry.

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HW+ Member Spotlight: James Polinori

Housing Wire

This week’s HW+ member spotlight features James Polinori, chief marketing officer at Geneva Financial. Below, Polinori answers questions about the housing industry: HW Media: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? James Polinori: “ Applying lessons learned to adapt to a competitive market ” by Aaron Davis.

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Inside Redfin’s unique, brave and vulnerable business model

Housing Wire

That changed with RE/MAX , under its swaggering CEO Dave Liniger. That changed with RE/MAX , under its swaggering CEO Dave Liniger. “RE/MAX Some agents, like ones at RE/MAX , even pay the brokerage fees for office space and marketing tools. I started at Redfin 12 years ago,” she said. It is high-volume work,” Alipour recalled.

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