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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. Graduates of the program commonly find job placements with lenders, technology companies, fintech and proptech firms, or title companies. But some are completely fresh to the field.

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

Housing Wire

The Detroit-based lender’s unmatched combination of name recognition, digital infrastructure and consumer technology enabled it to originate more than $670 billion in mortgages in 2020 and 2021, smashing records in the process. “I was told by the recruiter this division – Rocket retail started a year ago. billion in 2021.

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2020 HW Tech Trendsetter: Paul Akinmade

Housing Wire

Within four years, Akinmade and his team have built a robust, automated marketing platform, which is driven by investment in technology, to give retail loan officers a competitive edge. Paul Akinmade joined CMG Financial in 2016 to lead the expansion of the company’s marketing department ahead of a major staffing initiative.

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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. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. Then you might as well just go work for UWM retail.

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Savvy real estate agents look beyond ChatGPT

Housing Wire

Too many real estate agents are watching artificial intelligence (AI) from the sidelines, assuming technology will never replace them. However, it was deemed as too challenging technologically so it languished. It is trained on text data and learns to identify patterns from that data to generate human-like text responses.

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How to Conduct the Most Effective Columbus, Ohio Property Search

The Robert Weiler Company

Do your research and find out if there are easy access to trains, buses, and airports, as well as major roads and freeways. Columbus, Ohio has emerged as a technologically advanced city; in fact, one of the top three industries here is technology. Tip 5: Quiz Yourself on Quality of Life. Tip 6: Don’t Underestimate Mother Nature.

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Best real estate apps for agents in 2024

Housing Wire

Instead of generic design templates, LCA Marketing Center’s templates are designed for agents, by agents. The app allows you to quickly choose and edit design templates for social media, flyers, postcards, and even signs and business cards — all from your phone.