Appraisal Buzz

MAY 25, 2022

HOUSTON, TX (May 25, 2022) – Before opening its doors in January of 2020, Accurity Consolidated laid out very specific goals to create a large wave of revival in the appraisal industry. McKeever described the process of finding someone to train him as “extremely difficult.” It has been the first job that I have loved,” he added.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

Summary The Millionaire Real Estate Agent Drive with NAR Real Estate Rockstars Podcast The Tom Ferry Podcast Experience Real Trending by HousingWire Elite Agent Secrets The Listings Lab Podcast with Jess Lenouvel Real Estate Training and Coaching School 5AM Call Keeping it Real The full picture 1. Apple Podcasts Spotify 4.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Michael Fratantoni and his staff made national news at the MBA’s annual virtual convention, releasing a projection for 2020 of $3.18 2021 is expected to show refinance volume being cut nearly in half by just over $800bb, almost 50% of 2020. Purchases in 2021 should be roughly $350bb larger than 2019, and $120bb bigger than 2020.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2021

Mueller will work with Sodaro, a CPA by training, in an advisory role until he retires, the company said. billion for the first quarter 2021 — up from only $764 million in the first quarter of 2020. Income was reported at $502 million, a huge recovery from the first quarter of 2020 when Old Republic reported a loss of $605 million.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that the refinance index of mortgage applications hit its highest level since March 2020 last week – a whopping 59% higher year-over-year. Recent data from mortgage software firm LBA Ware revealed that total funded loan volume by LOs in Q4 2020 increased 106% from the fourth quarter of 2019.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

During her third year at FGMC, Gonzalez was recognized by HousingWire as a 2020 Vanguard. Part of that investment is in training. By combining role-based training in our systems, cross-training and market education we empower our employees to understand the “why” behind everything they do.

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McKissock

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, McKissock Learning is hosting a FREE one-hour, non-credit Pro-Series webinar titled “Fannie Mae Q3 2020 Appraisal Update.” The post FREE Webinar: Fannie Mae Q3 2020 Appraisal Update appeared first on McKissock Learning. Register here.

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2021

billion in closed loans in the first quarter of 2020, more than double its originations in Q1 2020. billion, a dramatic increase from the $99 million in profit the first quarter of 2020. billion in the first quarter of 2020. billion through its TPO channel, and its gain-on-sale margin was 1.93%, up from 0.79% in Q1 2020.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 2020, we hosted the very first Heroes Golf Classic to garner support for American Red Cross programs and services — including disaster relief, educational programs and blood collection — and recognize local heroes during our nation’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 Heroes Golf Classic raised $30,000.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In the lawsuit, loanDepot painted Richards as “inept” in leading her team and said concerns with her performance grew in 2020 — including her “blundered rollout of new technology, inadequate training and poor staffing.” 30, 2020, and informed loanDepot that she needed to take an immediate leave of absence.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with Austin Niemiec, executive vice president of Rocket Pro TPO, about how the company plans to build off its recent rebrand and how its “We’ll figure it out” approach helped it continue to support broker partners throughout 2020. This has been the theme of 2020.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2020

In its July 21, 2020, statement of charges, NYDFS alleged that First American Financial, one of the country’s largest title insurers, failed to properly respond to a security vulnerability on its website. NYDFS seeks civil monetary penalties that could leave First American exposed to millions in liability.

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McKissock

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

In just one fast-paced and informative training session, you’ll learn how to use PivotTables to sort your data more efficiently, create multiple customized reports, see the easiest way to group your data in a few easy steps, and gain a powerful new tool to help you make better business decisions. Not yet a member?

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McKissock

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, McKissock Learning is hosting a FREE one-hour, non-credit Pro-Series webinar titled “Fannie Mae Q4 2020 Appraisal Update.” The post FREE Webinar: Fannie Mae Q4 2020 Appraisal Update appeared first on McKissock Learning. View Pro-Series webinars.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

in October — and since we are days away from December, we can officially label the 2021 housing crash bears as even worse than the 2020 housing crash bears. ” One of the themes that I wanted to give to my readers is that housing data had surged toward the end of 2020, which created a high that couldn’t be sustained.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2022

The consent order states that between a three-year period – from February 2017 through February 2020 – the bank’s risk assessment, internal controls, and training led to various violations. billion in owned mortgage servicing, a decrease of 10% compared to the same period of 2020. according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2022

Federal regulations mandate that nonbank LOs take training prior to being certified. These organizations impose response training responsibilities on banks to have a well-trained staff,” said a source who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about bank regulation. “So Learning materials up to par?

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 10, 2021

The Alliance was founded June 2020 and has chapters throughout the U.S., Realtor.com this week announced a new partnership with the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance. Canada, and Puerto Rico.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2023

The consent order stemming from the settlement also details instances where DFS identified lapses in application security, cybersecurity personnel and intelligence training as well as specific cybersecurity events that took place between 2017 and 2020.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In total, AWI funding granted 100 service dogs in 2021, a few seen in these photos, doubling the 50 given in 2020. Because of the pandemic, service dog companies either completely shut down or drastically reduced the training of dogs,” Thaxton said. And a tragic fact is that suicide rates increased for veterans in 2020. “We

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2021

to a record $418,100 since January 2020, while it has risen 15.6% “For most people, the tradeoff wouldn’t have been worth it two years ago because of the hours-long commute into San Jose or San Francisco every day, either by train or by car. The median home-sale price in car-dependent areas, nationwide, has increased 32.8%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, the industry’s workforce shrank even further. Mentor appraisers have begun letting their apprentices go earlier and earlier in the training process, Reese said, simply due to financials – the mentor isn’t make as much money on a job if a trainee is with him.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

housing market began an encouraging rebound in June after COVID-19 interrupted 2020’s promising start,” Adam Contos, RE/MAX Holdings chief executive officer said in a statement. “The U.S. ” RE/MAX said that in Q2, total agent count increased 3.8%, to 131,905 agents. Agents also closed $85.3

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

The voluntary buyout package includes several months of pay; full medical, dental and vision coverage until November; payment for banked personal time off; early vesting of stock that employees received at the company’s initial public offering in 2020, plus job training/resume building services. That was a 35.4%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Chris Knight: The shortage of appraisers is not going to be remedied without focusing on the larger issue—the lack of focus on recruiting and training new appraisers. Australians have a different appraisal training process compared to the apprenticeship model in the U.S. Since early 2020, we’ve trained more than 150 cadets.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

“Market dynamics in early 2020, which have caused significant disruption to the origination and servicing markets, accelerated our plan to reenter the market with our new business model in a more robust way with a broader relaunch of the Company,” Mark Freedle, Interfirst’s executive vice president of production, told MReport in July 2020.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

In 2020, Donovan launched a campaign to run for mayor of New York City. Drawing from his experience, Shaun understands the complex way promoting an affordable home intersects with transportation, workforce training, health, and the environment. Donovan will assume his new position in September.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 10, 2021

Through the partnership with SkillBridge, Clario’s training program will upskill and employ 35 active service members transitioning to civilian life in the next 12 months. To apply for the training program, visit this website. — Clario Appraisal Network, Inc., To learn more about SkillBridge, visit [link].

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

Computershare Loan Services , a global mortgage services provider, delivers complete end-to-end fulfillment services that help lenders manage overhead with highly trained processors, underwriters and closers. All employees receive information security training. Outsourcing offers many benefits.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Since peaking at $5,535 in Q3 2020, thanks to historically high production volume, the per-loan, pre-tax net production income for independent mortgage bankers (IMBs) has been falling. Closing fewer loans means the production costs are spread out over fewer units, thereby increasing the production cost per loan.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

In 2020 and 2021 when refinances were booming, we saw every lender thriving. From marketing and product offerings to training and technology, there are many resources that originators can take advantage of as independent mortgage brokers. And those tools are just the start.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

in the fourth quarter of 2020. in homeownership in the fourth quarter of 2020. Together, we believe we can fundamentally shift diversity and equality in our industry by increasing access to training, education, and support for Black real estate agents.”. ” Homeownership rates for Black Americans dipped to 44.1%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

To succeed, companies will need to empower their teams with the tools, training and decision-making authority to help them win share on a loan-by-loan, borrower-by-borrower basis as quickly as possible. To expand market share, the top lenders will recruit and retain the very best producers in a number of ways.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Cooper , a nonbank mortgage lender and servicer, announced on Wednesday the company plans to hire an additional 2,000 mortgage professionals and support staff by the end of 2020. Additionally, the company offers specialized training and licensing programs for people looking to enter the mortgage industry.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

In May 2021, Keller Mortgage reached 1,000 employees, doubling its size of 530 employees since June 2020, according to a Keller Mortgage talent acquisition specialist on LinkedIn. But the director of underwriting reassured underwriters that they were assessing what kind of training was needed.”. In 2020, the lender originated $5.63

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2021

It acquired Austin-based startup Liveoak Technologies for $38 million in an all-stock transaction in July 2020, and after remote online notarizations began picking up steam during the pandemic, DocMagic and Secure Insight announced in March the launch of a RON joint training program.

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McKissock

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The Appraisal Foundation Q4 2020 Update. Fannie Mae Q3 2020 Appraisal Update. The post What’s New in Appraisal Membership: October 2020 appeared first on McKissock Learning. McKissock Learning helps appraisers stay in the loop on the latest industry changes. You’ve got appraisal industry questions, we’ve got answers!

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