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The Housing Bust Derailed His Career. Here’s What He’s Doing Now
CNN Money, May 3, 2018–Tami Luby
Joshua Hager always knew he’d return to the mortgage industry. One of the many casualties of the housing crisis, he had been forced out a decade ago. Then 29 and living in New Jersey, he was laid off from his job as a mortgage underwriter at Aurora Loan Services, a subsidiary of the now-shuttered Lehman Brothers that provided loans requiring little or no documentation.