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Ryan Serhant launches broad-based sales training tool 

Housing Wire

Serhant has teamed up with former NBC News producer Kyle Scott to unveil SellIt, a sales training platform tailored for all types of entrepreneurs. Ryan Serhant — the acclaimed real estate broker, media personality and serial entrepreneur — is moving beyond his career in real estate to delve into the broader arena of sales.

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loanDepot VP Brian Covey moves to Revolution

Housing Wire

Brian Covey, a high-profile vice president at loanDepot, is leaving the company after five years to join Revolution Mortgage , another direct-to-consumer retail mortgage lender which was founded in 2018. He also provided training to loan originators. billion in 2021.

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Wells Fargo pays $96M to settle LO comp lawsuit

Housing Wire

Wells Fargo “failed to pay plaintiff and class members for all hours worked, including but not limited to, mandatory meetings, loan processing, training and coaching sessions, loan tracking, customer surveys, attending open houses, attending events and galas, and working on certain nights or weekends,” Kang’s complaint, filed in 2017, said.

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Big-name brokerages among those accused of income-based discrimination in California

Housing Wire

Over the course of a year, HRI trained, equipped, and deployed an army of undercover investigators, who posed as prospective tenants with Section 8 vouchers,” HRI said in a statement. These investigators contacted hundreds of brokers and landlords by text message to determine compliance with California’s fair housing laws.”

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How lenders can improve property tax estimation processes to bolster borrower satisfaction

Housing Wire

In 2018, CoreLogic conducted a controlled random experiment simulating the estimation process and found that “Well-trained researchers required at least 20 minutes, but less than 45 minutes, for existing property loans.”. In response to these pain points, Plaza implemented CoreLogic’sProperty Tax Estimator solution in 2018.

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OneKey MLS to use CubiCasa’s floor plan creation tools

Housing Wire

The company delivered more than one million floor plans for 50,000 companies since its inception in 2018. The calculations reached by CubiCasa technology are aligned with American National Standards Institute standards and the technology can be used without prior training by anyone with a smartphone.

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Fannie Mae is Bullish on Appraiser Trainees

Appraisal Buzz

Appraisers who have had the opportunity to participate in an appraiser conference recently have probably noticed a recurring theme from Fannie Mae – the importance of supervisory appraisers training the next generation of appraisers. We continue to encourage properly trained new entrants to strengthen the profession in all these ways.

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