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CFPB, senators pledge to look at house-flipping business practices

Housing Wire

I actually met with some Minnesota community leaders about contract-for-deed targeting certain immigrant groups across the country,” Chopra said. A duo of bipartisan U.S. During a Senate hearing last week serving as the CFPB’s semi-annual report to Congress, Sen.

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5 best Arizona real estate schools for 2024

Housing Wire

Prospective Arizona real estate agents must fulfill a 90-hour prelicensing program from an Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE)-approved school and pass a six-hour contract writing course , for a total of 96 class hours. Course includes contracts used in real estate transactions with samples and practical contract completion exercises.

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Opinion: Prepare for a future without guaranteed shared compensation

Housing Wire

This is a dramatic and peculiar stance, given that same company a couple of years ago launched a $1 million annual advertising campaign touting a 1% listing fee, but only if the seller turned into a buyer for them. Final thoughts In the end, it all boils down to awareness and training. Imagine that.

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Best real estate continuing education schools for quick and easy license renewal in 2024

Housing Wire

Colibri’s real estate continuing education course offerings vary by state, but a sampling of intriguing topics we researched include Fair Housing, ethics, handling multiple offers, educating buyers, handling trust funds and implicit bias training. Course offerings and bundles vary by states and according to state requirements.

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Interfirst, the phoenix of mortgage, lays off hundreds

Housing Wire

They were trying to capitalize on the refinance boom,” said Cullen Gandy, a classically trained opera singer who had been hired as an LO at Interfirst and left in July. “I Another former loan officer who requested anonymity noted that artificial intelligence, though publicly advertised by the company, was never actually implemented.

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7 best real estate schools in Illinois (IL) for 2024

Housing Wire

Covers license law, real property, agency, state & federal laws, advertising, valuation, finance, real estate calculations, contracts & more + 15-hr Applied Real Estate Principles, an interactive course Leap Learning 60-hr Online Topics Package $419 60 of required 75 hrs. Self-paced. out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5

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New Year, New You: Transforming Your Appraisal Career in 2023

McKissock

At the end of the holiday season, we start hearing the phrase repeatedly used in weight loss industry advertisements, “New Year, New You!” Providing you have some supervisory appraiser or training experience and good management skills, you may be able to find appraisal training opportunities. All that noise got me thinking.