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How to write a lead-winning, memorable real estate agent bio (+ examples)

Housing Wire

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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“Collusion,” agent training are the focus on day three of the Sitzer/Burnett trial

Housing Wire

In Figgs’ video deposition, Michael Ketchmark, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, asked her about a 2003 study titled, “ Can Free Entry Be Inefficient? Fixed Commissions and Social Waste in the Real Estate Industry ,” which she had sent to Ruben Gonzalez, Keller Williams’s chief economist, roughly six years ago.

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CBC Mortgage’s Tai Christensen to speak at Spring Summit

Housing Wire

The homeownership gap between white and Black Americans is larger than in the 1960s, and both real estate and mortgage lenders are looking for solutions. The panel will also discuss the challenges of helping bridge the homeownership gap in the wake of COVID-19.

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Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach Market Update Q3 2023

Empire Appraisal Group

has been assisting clients in making well-informed decisions related to real estate. To discuss your real estate values or ask any questions, call Empire Appraisal Group directly at 561-441-9298. He has been appraising real estate since 2003 and has successfully completed over 10,000 residential property appraisals.

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Market Update Parkland and Coral Springs Q3 2023

Empire Appraisal Group

has been assisting clients in making well-informed decisions related to real estate. To discuss your real estate values or ask any questions, call Empire Appraisal Group directly at 561-441-9298. He has been appraising real estate since 2003 and has successfully completed over 10,000 residential property appraisals.

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The risk of zero-down loans while the Fed talks recession

Housing Wire

The entire system has to be designed to inflate the price over time. Remember, the system is designed to keep home prices inflated. When we look at the credit data over the past 10 years, it looks nothing like the stress we saw from 2003-2008, which was an economic expansion and jobs being created before the job loss recession in 2008.

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ROV (Reconsideration of Value) Changes – FHA and GSEs

Appraisal Today

VA’s Tidewater Initiative written in 2021 by McKissock (Similar idea as current ROV changes), effective in 2003. My comments: I find this post’s appraiser comments most interesting, especially those from VA appraisers who have been required to use the VA’s Tidewater Initiative, which started in 2003. baths, 9,470 sq.ft.,