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Mortgage rates reach highest level since 2018

Housing Wire

That was the highest reading since December 2018, according to Freddie Mac. And several loan officers who spoke to HousingWire this week said they had clients lock rates in the 5.1% The post Mortgage rates reach highest level since 2018 appeared first on HousingWire. On average homebuyers paid 0.8 mortgage points.)

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LBA Ware Taps Former State Bank VP Georgia Capalbo as Client Success Product Liaison

Appraisal Buzz

Former State Bank vice president Georgia Capalbo has joined LBA Ware , a provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, as client success product liaison.

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Jason Christie returns to Compass in NYC

Housing Wire

Compass’s client-centric service is incomparable to other brokerages,” Christie said in a statement. And on top of that, the platform allows for a user-friendly experience on behalf of both the client and the broker.” Prior to joining Serhant, Christie was with Compass from 2018 to 2021. I have known Jason for many years.

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First Financial Bank to invest $700M by 2028 in affordable mortgages

Housing Wire

billion in the next five years for lending and investments to low- and moderate-income (LMI) clients and census tracts, with 30% of the total tied to mortgage lending. In its previous five-year plan, from 2018 to 2023, the bank invested $1.75 Cincinnati-based First Financial Bank has agreed to direct $2.4

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Class Valuation acquires AMC Valuation Connect

Housing Wire

We share a core value in that we are not afraid to roll up our sleeves to help our clients win. Other notable acquisitions in recent years included reverse mortgage-focused AMC Landmark Network in 2018 and AMC Janus Valuation & Compliance in 2019. Combining forces is going to be a win-win for all stakeholders.”

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Compass welcomes back industry veteran Bob Gerlach

Housing Wire

He stayed with APR until it was bought by Compass in 2018. Once I retired, I missed the interaction with the agents , clients and colleagues from other brokerages,” Gerlach said in a statement. Early on, he opened Fox and Carskadon’s Palo Alto office before moving to Alain Pinel Real Estate , where he was a founding sales leader.

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Salt Lake City team leader Dustin Brohm makes the move to Real

Housing Wire

Brohm and his team have been with eXp since 2018. Some of my agents have told me that their clients want to list their property with us, but they did not want to put an eXp sign up in their front yard because of the reputation.” When The New York Times is writing about it , it is not good,” Brohm said.

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