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Rob Chrane

Founder and CEO, 
Down Payment Resource
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Chrane’s Down Payment Resource (DPR) connects home buyers with homebuyer assistance programs. Since its founding in 2008, the company has reportedly connected more than 6 million unique users with down payment and closing cost assistance information. In 2024, the company added Heartland MLS and Canopy MLS to its client base of retail mortgage lenders, listing websites and real estate agents. Chrane began his career in real estate before moving to mortgages and then founding the DPR database, which now has reportedly more than 2,300 affordability programs.

Chrane’s Down Payment Resource (DPR) connects home buyers with homebuyer assistance programs. Since its founding in 2008, the company has reportedly connected more than 6 million unique users with down payment and closing cost assistance information. In 2024, the company added Heartland MLS and Canopy MLS to its client base of retail mortgage lenders, listing websites and real estate agents. Chrane began his career in real estate before moving to mortgages and then founding the DPR database, which now has reportedly more than 2,300 affordability programs.

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