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Knock reverses course on loan officer pay cut

Housing Wire

On Tuesday, according to multiple sources within the New York-headquartered mortgage lender and “power buyer,” a weekly video meeting of Knock loan officers took a turn when Robert Foos, Knock’s director of sales, told loan officers that they would receive a 33% reduction in salaries effective Jan. Knock does not do refinancings.).

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Rechat CEO Shayan Hamidi on keeping up with the furious pace of AI

Housing Wire

It became one of the fastest-growing brokerages at the time in Canada, and then I sold that in 2014, and moved to the U.S. For us, it’s all about creating one streamlined experience for whatever that agent is doing with buyers or sellers. The agent and the buyers get all these alerts for listings, but 90% of them are irrelevant.

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Pending home sales shock 2021 housing crash bears

Housing Wire

I can tell you that these people don’t have the training to read housing or economic data correctly. Remember, a seller is typically also a buyer, so inventory should fall when demand picks up and that seller finds another home to buy. Total inventory levels have been falling since 2014, while sales have been rising.

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Why home-price growth is still up 18% year over year

Housing Wire

This means all those men and women since 2012 who have been saying its housing 2008 all over again on their YouTube , Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets simply don’t have the proper training to talk about housing economics. I have documented the history of these housing price crash addicts for a decade now.

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Inside Redfin’s unique, brave and vulnerable business model

Housing Wire

Alipour gushed about Redfin’s training program, and she accessed maternity leave benefits other agents lack. An independent contractor agent mostly finds their own leads and can receive minimal training or resources from their brokerage. They provided me training, and marketing, and covered mileage.”. Trust the process.

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What It Takes to Be An Expert Appraisal Witness in An Eminent Domain Case

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

As a result, appraisers who have this kind of specialized training can often command hourly rates significantly above those who do not. Before retirement in 2014, Leslie practiced law for 33 years, mostly with Faegre Baker Daniels (now Faegre Drinker), a law firm with national and international offices. About the Author.

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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Producing REALTORS® for January 2024

Lamacchia Realty

Now servicing buyers and sellers in Worcester County, Colin’s clients describe him as helpful, energetic, and goal-oriented. Since then, she has taken off running and has helped her buyers and sellers reach their goals. Cyndi thrives to make her buyers and sellers her top priority. To learn more about Becky, click here.