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Homebot home education portal acquires mobile app firm Quo FinanceĀ 

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Homebot , a home education portal that keeps people connected to their loan officers and real estate agents, acquired Quo Finance , a mobile app for first-time homebuyers. Homebot was co-founded by Ernie Graham and Ira McMahon in 2015 with a vision to help people make smart financial decisions with their homes.

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G-Rate sued for gender discrimination, sexual harassment, unpaid comp

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A former loan officer at Guaranteed Rate (G-Rate) has sued the lender and two managers for allegedly discriminating against her on the basis of gender, failing to compensate her equally to male coworkers with similar performance and subjecting her to sexual harassment.

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Wells Fargo pays $96M to settle LO comp lawsuit

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million to more than 5,300 home mortgage consultants to resolve a pair of class-action legal claims that allege wage-and-hour violations in California, according to the settlement agreement in federal court. Wells Fargo agreed to pay $95.7 The deal will provide $62.8

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Did Michael Strauss, accused of fraud, just start a new mortgage company?

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The nascent mortgage company, however, has only one loan officer registered and no loan origination volume so far, according to the mortgage tech platform Modex. We are no closer to being paid and he had the capital to open up Smart Rate Mortgage,ā€ said a former employee who requested anonymity due to an ongoing legal case.

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Gay, disabled ex-employee sues loanDepot for discrimination

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Trevor Dickens, 29, worked for loanDepot from 2015-2017 and 2020-2021, at the call center located in Plano (TX), when the company allegedly refused accommodations for his medical needs and subjected him to humiliation and anti-homosexual slurs. His job was to receive and make calls to customers and pass them along to loan officers.

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DataDigest: The remarkably resilient agent commission rate

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Unlike loan officers, whose commissions are highly regulated by the government, real estate agent commissions are based largely on long-standing industry practices and market forces. The legal threat that looms largest is whatā€™s known as the ā€œMoehrl case.ā€

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MBA economists: The overcapacity that still needs to be cut

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For example, within these firms, there are occupations such as loan officers, loan interviewers, title-related occupations, and loan counselors that could apply to both mortgage and non-mortgage lending.

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