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

Housing Wire

In 2021, Gigliotti created Axis 360 Lift , an online academy designed to educate aspiring mortgage and title professionals. Axis has lending and title academies, with an origination academy set to launch in the spring of 2024. The initial 30 days establish a foundational understanding of mortgage lending concepts.

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Rocket goes local: Testing the waters or shifting its strategy? 

Housing Wire

Coming off multiple quarters of financial losses , Rocket has accelerated those efforts in 2023, embarking on a remote local loan officer hiring spree designed to capture purchase market business from real estate agent connections, sources told HousingWire. “I was told by the recruiter this division – Rocket retail started a year ago.

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Fairway breaks silence on UWM’s ultimatum

Housing Wire

billion in the wholesale channel in 2020 (compared to about $62 billion in retail), lost roughly 5% of its broker clients to UWM, according to company executives. Then you might as well just go work for UWM retail. “My business is not designed to make my competitors like me, especially retail competitors,” he said.

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Appraisers: Be Careful with Your Words

Appraisal Today

bath 4,000sqft 0.35acre lot, Pending sale This futuristic home is new construction that took years to design and build made of steel frame construction cantilevering in what seems to be thin air. The centerpoint of the home’s attraction is the over- the- top contemporary design unlike anything seen in the region. What’s next?

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Appraisal Institute Counters Flawed Appraiser Bias Narrative

Appraisal Today

For too long, appraisers have faced sweeping claims that their valuations are biased against certain groups, despite appraisers’ ethical standards, rigorous training, and lack of financial stake in transactions. The original forms were designed before the digital age, to be completed on typewriters. Meet in person. percent from 6.41

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Chat GPT For Fannie Form Appraisal Reports

Appraisal Today

. = The Most Expensive Home in South Carolina’s History Hits the Market for $22M Located in Simpsonville, SC, the 16,000-square-foot home sits on a sprawling 54 acres designed for the horse lover. Built in 2014, the six-bedroom estate was designed to resemble an English manor. and Conditionality. I learned a lot.

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What Appraisers Wish Real Estate Agents Understood

Appraisal Today

To read more click here My comment : Take a break and scroll down the list to see some great photos! == Staff Layoffs at AMCs By Dave Towne Excerpts: Appraisers, it’s not ‘just us’ who have taken the slowdown in lending “in the shorts.” My many years of scientific training, including the scientific method, make me a better appraiser.