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Anna-Marie Ellison joins leadership at ARC Realty

Housing Wire

In her new role at ARC, Ellison will focus on strategic planning for agent and staff growth, as well as health and wellness initiatives, recruitment, and training across the Birmingham, Montgomery, and Huntsville markets. “My ARC Realty was founded in 2012 and it part of the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World network.

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Origins: From young country club caddy to reverse mortgage professional

Housing Wire

The company sent its trainees to the World Trade Center in New York for eight weeks of training. Prior to embarking on that trip, he was advised by his superiors that trainees needed to have a well-developed plan for potential cold-call subjects with clients. I’m in Tampa, but my buddies had an office in St.

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Recruiters turn to AI in their quest to lure top agents

Housing Wire

If agents don’t bring in new recruits directly, a third-party source such as an existing client or a business partner might inspire an agent to join a brokerage. Launched in 2006, the Zillow Zestimate leverages public documents to provide estimates of value for every house in a given neighborhood. It’s not perfect.

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Freedom Mortgage Wholesale Division offers brokers a comprehensive purchase and refinance product suite

Housing Wire

During this period of significant opportunity for purchase transactions and refinances, brokers and wholesale correspondents (non-delegated) need to align to wholesale lenders that provide deep industry expertise, comprehensive products and efficient operational support to support their clients’ strategies. 1 VA, FHA and GNMA lender.”.

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Like it or not, desktop appraisals are here to stay

Housing Wire

In a December 2020 request for information, FHFA highlighted potential benefits of desktop appraisals, including assisting training of new appraiser trainees, and alleviating appraiser shortages in rural and high-volume areas. There’s still some battle scars from 2006 to 2009 where appraisers were made to be the scapegoats,” Pyle said.

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Inside Redfin’s unique, brave and vulnerable business model

Housing Wire

Alipour gushed about Redfin’s training program, and she accessed maternity leave benefits other agents lack. An independent contractor agent mostly finds their own leads and can receive minimal training or resources from their brokerage. They provided me training, and marketing, and covered mileage.”. Trust the process.

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The evolution of the more productive real estate agent 

Housing Wire

The agents who spoke with RealTrends all viewed any time spent developing leads and cultivating relationships that will help them grow their client base as productive. These brokerages are not alone in terms of their technology offerings. Record Breaking Years. Now everything is so much easier to follow and nothing slips through the cracks.”.