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“Collusion,” agent training are the focus on day three of the Sitzer/Burnett trial

Housing Wire

The third day of the highly consequential Sitzer/Burnett class action buyer broker commission lawsuit included a deep dive into the training materials used by various brokerages and the testimony of three of the named plaintiffs. Ketchmark countered this with the fact that nothing on the slides designated things as a model.

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Collateral Risk Network Names Jeremy Staudenmaier 2022 Valuation Visionary

Appraisal Buzz

The Collateral Risk Network (CRN) announced today that Jeremy Staudenmaier, director of product management at ACI , a leading provider of workflow solutions for the valuation industry for nearly 40 years and a member of the First American family of companies, has been chosen as the CRN 2022 Valuation Visionary.

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CRMLS releases REcenterhub dashboard

Housing Wire

After being available as part of the REcenterhub ecosystem since 2022, it has now become the default dashboard for CRMLS’ user base of more than 110,000 real estate professionals. Developed internally by CRMLS, the REcenterhub dashboard introduces a range of new features designed to streamline productivity for real estate professionals.

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HUD awards more than $40M in housing counseling grants

Housing Wire

Three million dollars of the full amount will also be allocated for institutions designed to “bridge the racial homeownership gap and support underserved communities,” including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). HUD awarded over $41 million in counseling grants to agencies across the country in mid-2022.

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Zillow’s new AI feature can talk to home shoppers like it’s a friend

Housing Wire

It is also training machine learning models to get better at responding to users’ queries in “human-like sentences.” “Beyond easy-to-filter criteria like bedrooms and bathrooms, buyers are considering many other specific features that match their unique lifestyle,” Jenny Arden, Zillow’s chief design officer, said in a statement.

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Hope Through Housing uses MLK Grant to fund after school programs

Housing Wire

In 2022, they were the recipients of an MLK grant which will be used to fund their youth development initiative. Additionally, in 2022 we launched CORE Academy, a workforce training program designed to introduce non-traditional candidates to the property management industry.

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As the housing market bottoms out, educating the future mortgage pro becomes paramount

Housing Wire

In 2022 and 2023, quickly rising mortgage rates and shrinking volumes sent shockwaves through the industry and prompted massive job cutbacks. In 2021, Gigliotti created Axis 360 Lift , an online academy designed to educate aspiring mortgage and title professionals. According to data from the U.S.