The mortgage industry recorded a modest increase in the number of producing loan officers in 2025 — the first annual rise since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to preliminary data from mortgage technology platform RETR. The number of LOs who originated at least one mortgage in 2025 reached 221,161, up slightly from 220,449 in 2024. “That’s […]
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A proposal aimed at providing full property tax reimbursements for senior citizens in Tennessee — with the state’s substantial budget surplus cited as justification for the plan — was recently unveiled by a local official. Rob Mitchell, the property assessor for Rutherford County, said the Tennessee Golden Homeowners Tax Relief Program would cover the
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QXO, a leading distributor of roofing products and building materials, is nearing another acquisition as part of a game plan to disrupt and consolidate the fragmented $800 billion building products industry and reach $50 billion in annual revenue in five or so years. By reshaping an unconsolidated marketplace and capturing a much larger share of
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