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It hasn’t been this hard to get a mortgage in six years

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The data comes from about 95 lenders and investors, MBA said. trillion, the most since 2003, MBA said. The MBA’s credit availability indices analyze data from Ellie Mae ’s AllRegs Market Clarity covering several factors related to borrower eligibility such as credit scores, loan type, and loan-to-value ratios. 20 forecast.

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Compass CEO Reffkin believes agents will still be valued in a post-settlement world

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In down markets, the best agents and the best brokerages gain market share,” Reffkin, the CEO of Compass, told investors and analysts during his firms first-quarter 2024 earnings call on Wednesday evening. “We First, more buyers are using agents in 2023 than in 2003. We are a company of top agents.”

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CoStar Group hires Freddie Mac’s Christian Lown as CFO

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a student loan servicer he joined in 2003. He will be responsible for the company’s financial functions — including accounting, financial planning, internal controls, compliance, treasury, investor relations, tax and corporate facilities. Before joining Freddie Mac, Lown was the chief financial officer of Navient Corp. ,

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QC Ally acquires due diligence solutions firm Inglet Blair

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“When we thought about joining forces with a due diligence company, Inglet Blair’s depth of expertise, which allows it to comply with regulatory, rating agency, and investor requirements, made the decision an easy one,” Jeffrey Flory , QC Ally’s new CEO, said in a statement.

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The 25 Best Books for Real Estate Agents in 2025

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Best books for mindset Failing Forward by John Maxwell Rebecca Del Pozo , an agent and trainer out of Washington State, recommended this book, saying, I read this book in 2003 when I was a brand new real estate agent. To help, we reached out to real estate agents nationwide to compile our list of the best books for real estate agents.

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DocuSign lays off 400 employees following stalemate in sale talks  

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Founded in 2003 by Tom Gonser, DocuSign went public in 2018 and was valued at about $6 billion at the time. The company was also hurt by increased competition from Adobe Inc’ s document business as investors lost appetite for DocuSign’s unprofitable software stocks. DocuSign’s market capitalization is close to $10.5

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Facing heat, Douglas Elliman CEO Howard Lorber is retiring

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Lorber has served as Douglas Elliman board chairman since 2003. In recent months, Lorber has taken heat from some of the brokerage’s investors, who felt that he was mismanaging the company’s finances due to its continued losses in quarterly earnings. Long-time Douglas Elliman chairman and CEO Howard Lorber is retiring.

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