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Industry vet launches new mortgage CE company, MLO Force

Housing Wire

Nathan Knottingham, COO at Vetted VA , announced the launch of a new mortgage continuing education provider, MLO Force , from the stage at HousingWire’s The Gathering this week. From games and comedy to engaging conversations with industry leaders, I think the fun we have shines through in our product.”

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Why Virtual Staging AI is Transforming the Home-Staging Industry

RIS Media

The real estate industry is one of continuous evolution. One innovation that’s been steadily gaining traction is virtual staging. From online listings to virtual tours, technological advancements have significantly impacted how homes are bought and sold.

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Industry experts are closely watching delinquency rates, insurance costs

Housing Wire

Industry experts say that although there’s a correlation between unemployment and delinquency rates, some homeownership costs — including insurance — have increased significantly over the past two or three years, which has had a strong financial impact on homeowners. .

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‘Find buyers before agents!’ Mortgage industry reacts to the NAR settlement

Housing Wire

At this early stage, it’s unclear how such commissions would be paid since buyers could pay their agents out of their pockets or negotiate commissions as a seller concession in the closing costs. Consequently, mortgage industry executives believe buyers will pay agents out of pocket or ask sellers to pay their agent fees through concessions.

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BHGRE President Ginger Wilcox to take the stage at HW Annual 2023

Housing Wire

Her industry experience is vast and includes leadership roles across the housing landscape. A look at her list of accomplishments includes serving as the head of industry marketing and relations for Trulia , co-CEO and chief revenue officer at RealSure and chief experience officer at Homepoint.

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Industry leaders take the stage (via video) at Sitzer/Burnett

Real Estate News

Pre-recorded depositions from Bob Goldberg, Gino Blefari and Gary Keller included tense exchanges about buyer-broker commissions.

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FAR’s CMO on reverse mortgage industry headwinds, the role of market research

Housing Wire

When asked if a P&G-like approach that more regularly makes use of traditional market research tools could benefit the reverse mortgage industry, he agreed. FOA and AAG have certainly made use of market research in the past, but I think as an industry more broadly, we need to go deeper,” he said.