Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

One of the passions that has spanned my career in its entirety is creating exceptional experiences — for agents and their clients, our brokerage staff and anyone who interacts with our brand. We recently created a Service Playbook that we integrate into staff and office meetings. We make great impressions.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

Since assuming the role of president, Sears has worked to build upon some NAR initiatives that were started under Kasper, including the Culture Transformation Commission, which was set up in October and made up of Realtors, staff, and state and local members. On a daily basis, we’re interacting with our competitors, and it makes us better.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

Denver -based real estate giant RE/MAX announced that it was laying off 7% of its staff on Friday. “These measures are strategically designed so that we are better positioned to continue executing on growth initiatives for our networks and driving value for our stakeholders,” the company said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

It has been a privilege to work with him in expanding and strengthening our organization, and we congratulate him on his well-deserved retirement. His contributions to our association and our industry have been tremendous.” We are delighted to welcome Nykia as interim CEO,” Kasper said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Those issues ranged from NAR’s highest leaders being disrespectful, or lying about staff or members, to leaders being racially insensitive or engaging in sexual or ‘creepy’ communications or actions. The Executive Committee agreed we have a shared purpose and are united in support of our staff and that includes Bob.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

We’re also looking to implement the system on our wholesale side, but we’re looking to do that later this year. You don’t normally think about a lending platform [as a tool] to use to drive growth, but in our case, it’s a key contributing factor to our ability to recruit.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

In doing so, it gives our Leadership Team the ability to take the reins and forge forward in effecting the change that we all have worked so hard over the past few months to begin. I know I leave our members, our staff and our association in good hands.” million-member trade group.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Frankly, the cost of living vs. wages makes it such that if we are going to staff our schools… for many districts we have to jump in and do it.” Even then, our starting salary will be about $50,000 and you just can’t live in Douglas County for $50,000,” Douglas County School District Superintendent Erin Kane told the Denver Post.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

It became evident that if we wanted to take our company to the next level, we needed a strong, collaborative partner. We are most excited about United leadership’s dedication to staff, agents and families and their focus on helping us achieve our goals,” Eric Gallus, the owner of Premiere Plus Realty, said in a statement. “The

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2023

The work that our members do is incredibly important and has a huge impact in every community across this country. I look forward to representing our staff and members in advocating for the future of the housing industry,” Tobin said in a statement. Jim brings more than 20 years of experience in the housing industry to the post.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Settling these claims today allows us to move beyond a very costly litigation process and focus our full time, energy and resources on what matters most: our agents, affiliate brokerages, staff and clients,” Mike Golden, the co-CEO of @properties and Christie’s International Real Estate, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

We may also see more mergers as brokerages consider the mutual need to cut expenses through consolidations of staff, leases, and resources. It can be perceived by the agents and staff as a money grab by the owner who is selling. Removing the person in charge or staff may be very damaging. Either way, address it.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

We revised our policy to make it clear that when a borrower is scheduled to begin new employment under the terms of an employment offer or contract, the offer or contract cannot be for employment by a family member or interested party to the transaction,” the Selling Guide update explained.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke to Chris Knight, CEO and Gabriel Hern, President of Opteon , which consists of a partnered AMC and staff appraiser firm. We’re addressing this directly through our Opteon University program. But in light of the current need for appraisers, we’re beefing up our program so we can accommodate more trainees.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

“Our agents have consistently set records with remarkable achievements,” Gabe Richter, the CEO of Realty Austin and Realty San Antonio, said in a statement. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. In 2023, Realty Austin ranked No.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

Schweiker will bring three agents and two staff members with him to eXp. “Our decision to join eXp Realty is driven by a shared vision for the future of real estate,” Seder said in the statement. . “Our decision to join eXp Realty is driven by a shared vision for the future of real estate,” Seder said in the statement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

IRAR will provide “self-directed individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and solo 401(k) accounts to NAR members, their families, and association staff at the national, state and local levels,” according to a NAR press release.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Conducting regular NPS surveys with our agents and staff since 2016 is core to delivering on our agent-centric mission, and Fred shared his wisdom with our team at this year’s Shareholder Summit. I am thrilled to have him on our Board of Directors and look forward to working even more closely together.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2022

parent company of Flagstar Bank , has reduced its mortgage staff by 20% since the calendar turned to 2022, laying off 420 employees amid a significant drop in origination volumes and margins. While our channel margins held up fairly well, we experienced lower EBO revenue and competitive factors,” said DiNello. “We The bank has a 0.7%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2023

“I am proud of our team for enabling us to continue our expansion efforts,” said Steve DuBrueler , Founder and CEO of Coldwell Banker Premier, in a statement. “In At the end of the day, we are here to build better lives for our agents and staff and having a strong foundation and expansive footprint is a key component of that”.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Our sales team can get the pre-approval out at 8:35, away from their desks, all within this robust tool that will help them hustle smarter for our partners and deliver contract winning speed to our amazing customers,” Guaranteed Rate’s president & CEO Victor Ciardelli, said in a prepared statement.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2020

None of these “ordinary” people, our neighbors, woke up one day and said, “Hey, I think I’ll put my life on the line,” but that’s exactly what they do. And with many area restaurants closed, we knew we had to provide our hometown heroes with the healthy lunches they deserved. Surprising the staff. Cooking to combat COVID.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2022

About 16% of the staff losses will affect California staffers, and will take effect in July. “It It is with deep regret that we needed to eliminate positions as part of our efforts to manage costs and ensure we position the company for long-term success,” Mr. Cooper said in a statement Thursday.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In total, 126 agents and staff members at All Nations have joined RE/Max Proper, increasing the total agent count to 203, up from 70 when the former indie brokerage affiliated with the RE/MAX brand in May. California-based RE/MAX Proper has acquired All Nations Realty and Investments , an independent brokerage in Rancho Cucamonga.

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The Appraiser Coach

MARCH 12, 2021

Many appraisers work out of our homes, not interacting with office staff or other appraisers. Even when we’re out, we’re still doing work-related tasks like shooting pictures and doing inspections. Read More.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

The changes include communicating to applicants that they have the right to request a reconsideration of value (ROV); explaining why an ROV is denied or the valuation is unchanged; and training its credit, valuation and customer service staff on the topic.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2022

When will we learn to be more transparent to our employees — people with families and bills — and stop the endless flow of layoffs? Some just got too big, so when markets changed, they didn’t have a way to support the staff. My question is when will we be honest with our staff? Our culture. They were family.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2022

“With the demand for mortgage services falling to its lowest level in 22 years, and the resulting impact of this market condition on our business, we will be laying off many employees,” Sherry Meneley, director of human resources, wrote in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN). The layoff, set for Nov.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2023

In planning for the launch of Aduvo, our team knew that a partnership with LendingPad would be a strategic move for our company,” said Aduvo founder Josh Bopp in a prepared statement. Cloud-based loan origination system LendingPad has integrated with Aduvo, which provides mortgage marketing automation solutions. “In

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2023

“I am confident that Tom will further strengthen our market presence, as well as inform all stakeholders of our strategic vision and improvements to the company as we’re striving every day to be the very best partner to our clients and their homeowners,” said Cenlar Chief Executive Officer and President Jim Daras.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

“It was an unprecedented challenge for an industry our size. In the end no one wanted the title insurance waiver program, but it allowed us a chance to really articulate our value in the real estate transaction to several regulators.” Our power and our influence are alive and well in Washington, D.C.,”

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The Appraiser Coach

MARCH 5, 2024

Change makes us re-evaluate our mindset, our habits, and sometimes our beliefs about something. I had the opportunity to talk with a coaching client about an opportunity that came up for her to act as a staff appraiser. Change presents new challenges to be overcome.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 12, 2022

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced new roles and additions to the HUD staff. A large pool of talented and diverse individuals join HUD ready to deliver results for Americans by addressing and tackling our nation’s housing challenges to help build a stronger, more equitable America.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2023

“We are pleased with our solid performance in the quarter as we continue to navigate a volatile and challenging environment,” Mike Nolan, the CEO of Fidelity, told investors and analysts on the firm’s first-quarter earnings call Thursday morning. However, as Nolan acknowledged, these strong financial results came at a cost.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2021

PCV has an experienced staff of licensed and certified appraisers that QC the appraisals. KM: First and foremost, our commitment to providing exceptional service and partnership to our clients. Having a high-touch customer service model is one of the tenets of the foundation of our culture.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

First American continues to innovate its valuation business by delivering instant access to property data; improving collaboration among appraisers, appraisal management staff and lenders; and implementing cutting-edge quality assurance tools.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

During their departure, DKMC sales staff who are not joining NAF were informed by leadership that they will have to wait a few months before receiving all of their compensation tied to any loans closed before the M&A deal, per documents reviewed by HousingWire. HousingWire reported on the late-stage negotiations in January.) “The

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