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Logan Mohtashami unpacks the slow train wreck that’s been happening in housing inventory

Housing Wire

Logan Mohtashami: Regarding inventory, we had a slow train wreck happening for years, and I can explain in more detail. While the new home sales sector is getting hit with higher rates, their inventory channels are much different than the supply levels of 2005-2011. What levels should we be hoping for? Ghost Supply 2.2

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Livian adds four real estate teams

Housing Wire

As a company, Livian offers its agents and teams a suite of tools such as marketing services, diversified lead-generation levers, automated conversion strategies, human resources, talent acquisition support, fiscal reporting, accounting, prescriptive training and coaching.

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Livian, a Keller Williams mega team, welcomes ex-Side exec Jon Boller as president

Housing Wire

As a company, Livian offers its agents and teams a suite of tools such as marketing services, diversified lead generation levers, automated conversion strategies, human resources, talent acquisition support, fiscal reporting, accounting, prescriptive training and coaching.

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Interfirst Mortgage to lay off nearly 50 LOs

Housing Wire

Interfirst was founded in 2001 as a retail originator and then expanded to the wholesale channel and the correspondent channel in 2008 and 2011, respectively. In 2017, after years of plummeting volumes, the company, led by CEO Dmitry Godin, decided to shutter its business, only to relaunch in 2020.

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The best real estate brokerage software for 2024

Housing Wire

The right real estate brokerage software will help you gain market share, train, recruit, and retain more (and better) agents, and make more profits. Finding systems that can help you train more agents with fewer headaches is a win-win for you and your agents. That difference is everything.

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Most good things change, and most change is good!

Appraisal Buzz

Next gen appraisers Several white papers have been developed on the declining number of appraisers dating back to 2011. There are also the economics of training new appraisers and the numerous and disparate state laws and lender prohibitions. All of these negatively impact the ability to train the next generation of appraisers.

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Reverse mortgage veteran reflects on his career: ‘Everyone has a story to tell’

Housing Wire

In August 2004, I went out to Boston for a week of reverse mortgage training. Wells Fargo had very good and thorough training — it was a solid week because you needed to focus solely on reverse mortgages. Cullen: Wells bailed out in the summer of 2011. Clow: How did Wells Fargo’s exit from the business impact you?

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