He took up a brokerage apprenticeship in London and became a licensed broker.

Malik has been a real estate developer and licensed broker for more than 25 years.

My father had hopes that I would follow him into business, become a licensed broker like himself.

The slowdown has also jolted the thousands of people who have become licensed brokers in the last few years.

With more licensed brokers, they say, competition has increased.

There are 400 licensed brokers with these firms scattered through 300 branches around Poland.

There, the telephone sales representatives are often not licensed brokers.

Buyers also still need to use a licensed broker to make a purchase.

But something was wrong: Many were not licensed brokers.

I paid too much to a licensed broker to part with it.