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Compass’s recent performance points to the future of real estate brokerage

Housing Wire

Real estate agent may be a single term, but it covers a multitude of functions: presentation, negotiation, consolation, trouble-shooting, travel, project management. Among publicly traded companies, Compass has done technology development and implementation better than most of its peers. S.MPLE is a back office in a box.

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On Staying Current

Appraisal Buzz

In this monograph, we discuss the absolute necessity of developing more than one skill set as part of becoming a competent and professional real estate appraiser. This means continually learning and developing new skills to stay ahead of the curve. Another way to develop new skills is to seek out opportunities to learn from mentors.

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Announcing the 2025 HousingWire Rising Stars

Housing Wire

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron Heidorn Director of Software Engineering & Infrastructure Cloudvirga Aaron Smith Director, Sales CubiCasa Adrian Provost Chief Executive Officer Realty ONE Group Terminus Ana LeBlanc Human Resources Director InterLinc Mortgage Annie Lemon Producing Branch Manager Gold Star Mortgage Financial Anthony Russo Diamond (..)

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Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman: ‘We do tech so you can do real estate’

Housing Wire

This complex project management of a bunch of parties all need to come together to enable that one-stop shop. On the flip side, we’ve spent billions of dollars over the last decade building and developing — or buying and integrating — software for real estate agents and teams.

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A look back at HousingWire’s 2023 Marketing Leaders

Housing Wire

Her expert command of project management has allowed her to oversee the successful implementation of these strategies across all business verticals. As the Chief Marketing Officer, she has overseen the brand development and strategy and helped Pacaso reach unicorn status with a $1 billion valuation in 2021.

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NAMB launches roadshow with Freddie Mac and Rocket

Housing Wire

The events will feature speakers focused on professional development for loan originators to grow their business and what is likely to happen in the next Congress that could impact the mortgage industry in 2023, according to a statement from NAMB. Louis, Missouri. said in a release. “We

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Fannie Mae clarifies ARM interest rate, ups cash-out refi term on manufactured homes

Housing Wire

1, 2023, the jointly development Uniform Property Dataset (UPD) for the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) became active and included a data standard for condos, according to the Selling Guide. Note that lenders are still required to confirm the condo project is not ineligible in Condo Project Manager (CPM),” it explained.

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