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

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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

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“We share a core value in that we are not afraid to roll up our sleeves to help our clients win. According to Class, the two companies align on important issues, including culture, service, efficiency and technology development. Combining forces is going to be a win-win for all stakeholders.”

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LeadingRE promotes Reisinger to COO, Edgerton to Chief Legal Officer

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Edgerton moves up from her position of executive vice president of operations, which she’s held since 2018. Prior to joining LeadingRE, Reisinger served as Regional Director for relocation and client development at Coldwell Banker. million global transactions a year.

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Loan mod scheme from 2009 finally gets settled at $4.6M

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The consent order puts an end to a lawsuit originally launched by the Department of Justice in 2018 against law firm Advocate Law Groups of Florida P.A. Kourouklis ran a company called Summit Development Solutions USA, LLC , which provided mortgage modification services to clients of ALG. and its owners, Jon B. Lindeman, Jr.

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Movement hires two Fairway executives to boost sales team

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South Carolina-based Movement Mortgage has hired two executives away from rival Fairway Independent Mortgage to boost the growth and development of its distributed retail sales team. The nonbank lender named the 34-year veteran Sarah Middleton to the new position of chief growth officer to attract, onboard and develop sales leaders.

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MMI acquires CRM platform Bonzo 

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Founded in 2018, key features of Bonzo include a campaign builder to conduct personal and customized outreach at scale; messaging that supports voice, video and text; an ad builder for Google and Facebook ; and a pipeline dashboard to organize the sales process. The company has more than 2,000 clients, according to its website.

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

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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.