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5 best Arizona real estate schools for 2024

Housing Wire

Deluxe: Required 90 hrs of coursework. 75 videos, 70 audio lessons, digital flashcards, additional practice questions for Exam Prep, 100+ Page Exam Prep Ebook Premium: Required 90 hrs of coursework. Post-licensing courses meet Arizona’s 24-hour post-licensing continuing education, which is required for license renewal every two years.

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House passes bill to modernize VA appraisals

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With the passage of HR 7735, known as the “Improving access to the VA home loan benefit Act of 2022,” the VA is now permitting desktop appraisals and in some circumstances, waiving appraisals altogether. House of Representatives this week passed a bill that streamlines the appraisal process for U.S.

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Is the title industry on verge of the “Great Redeployment”?

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A unique convergence of “The Great Resignation” and increased retirement and attrition — at the same time that the largest segment of the American workforce ages is running headlong into what’s expected to be a competitive purchase market — will require title agencies to put more focus on their service levels.

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NAR staffers demand resignation of Bob Goldberg, other leaders

Housing Wire

In addition to calling for an outside HR system and legal review, the letter’s authors also demanded the resignation or dismissal of Goldberg, President Tracy Kasper, Chief Legal Officer Katie Johnson and Head of HR Donna Gland.

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Keller Mortgage eliminates some operations positions

Housing Wire

“In light of current market conditions, we have restructured the operations and support groups within our Keller Mortgage business,” Darryl Frost, spokesperson at Keller Williams, told HousingWire, without providing details on the workforce reduction, including the number of employees affected. billion this year.

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Workplace strategist Jeff Butler to deliver keynote address at HousingWire Annual

Housing Wire

Having written over 100 articles on workplace dynamics, Butler’s insights have been featured in dozens of media outlets such as Forbes and HR News. We’ve got sessions on the future of regulation, increasing homeownership in underserved communities, green housing, capital market appetite by channel and much more. Not an HW+ member yet?

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7 best real estate schools in North Carolina (NC) for 2024

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Prices Starting at Prelicensing $715 Exam Prep $79 Post-licensing CE $249 Prelicensing Pricing Career Accelerator Career Builder Career Essentials $1079 $795 $715 All Career Builder Features + NC Post-Licensing Package All Career Essentials Features + Business Building Courses Required 75-hr NC prelicensing coursework.

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