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Everyone knows this industry is cyclical and there's little one can do to prevent layoffs from happening. But the unintended consequence is that women are much more likely to get laid off than men, since most of them work as processors, underwriters, and marketers. Steven Cooley, founder and CEO of Art Vs. Math, comes on Gated to spread awareness and share his perspective as a business leader.

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A long ignored but well-known issue in the appraisal field is the stringent requirements for training and education to become a certified appraiser — no wonder no one is interested in this profession. Vice President of Veros Real Estate Solutions, Jeffery Hogan, tells us young people, including minorities, have trouble gaining access to mentors in order to complete their training. But the Valligent Appraisal Training Program (VATP) provides a solution.

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Immigrant attorney Renata Castro from the Castro Legal Group provides mortgage loan officers advice along with founder of Oneclickadvisor.com and business consultant James Chittenden on how to connect with immigrant home buyers. Learn how to pick up referral sources to grow immigrant clientele and aid them in their journey to homeownership.

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Ever wonder what exactly goes into making Special Purpose Credit Programs (SPCPs)? Senior Vice President and Head of Community Lending at TD Bank, Michael Innis-Thompson, shows us exactly what goes into building these programs and how effective they are at helping underserved borrowers.

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NMLS instructor from Mortgage Educator and Compliance, David Luna, knows bankruptcy filings are on the rise and loan officers aren’t far from filing themselves as pipelines continue to shrink. Luna offers a solution: pull people out of Chapter 13 bankruptcy with an FHA loan. Serving these people may just add 10 or 20 loans to your pipeline a month.

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Asian Americans have long dealt with discrimination and bias, but the issue has gotten much worse since the onset of the pandemic. Subcommunities of the Asian population who previously were not discriminated against now are. Shocking hate crimes have rocked the nation and now the threat of Texas Senate Bill 147 is preventing ALL Chinese and North Korean citizens from buying homes. Learn from Hope Atuel, CEO and executive director of Asian Real Estate Association of America what you can do to help.

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Sean Moss, executive vice president of DownPayment Resource, joins Gated to dispel myths around down payment assistance programs and why they’re more important than ever given current market conditions. Not only should loan officers be up to date on all the DPA programs available in their market, but they should also be educating consumers about them on social media. It’s another way to lure more clients to your business.

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Woody White, Home Bridge's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer was oftentimes the only Black person at the executive level within certain companies, which gave him insight into why the mortgage industry is predominantly white and male.

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KimArie Yowell, chief diversity officer for Rocket Companies, explains what Rocket does to help underserved borrowers and its hometown residents.

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Researcher and co-author of the study, Junia Howell, shares the most shocking findings from the most extensive appraisal bias study the country has ever seen. The data shows how appraisal bias is worsening every year, how racial inequity has grown, and how anti-Asian sentiment during the pandemic caused Asian neighborhoods to decrease in value.

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