Career moves

Independent mortgage banking and brokerage firms added a whopping 5,900 full-time employees to their payrolls in June, according to a report issued Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

What does a Top Producer look like? Like anything else, there is no singular representative. Marketing strategies span everything from billboard and television ads to movie events and bobble-head giveaways. Many focus on one state for business while others cover as much land as possible. One thing that binds them as the most successful in their field: help. From family and friends to outstanding teammates to mentors and coaches, every Top Producer acknowledged they could not have reached the level they have without support.Here, by the numbers, are six characteristics that make up the class of 2016 Top Producers.

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. has launched an employee stock ownership plan.

From working with homebuyers and seeing them through various milestones like raising a family, loan officer Dianne Crosby is in awe of the role she plays in helping clients reach their goals.

Foundation Asset Management has requested a special meeting of Stewart Information Services Corp. stockholders, where it will propose removing co-vice chairmen Malcolm Morris and Stewart Morris Jr. from the company's board of directors.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 29.

By investing time early on with clients who may not be immediately ready for a mortgage, loan officer Becky Sandiland establishes relationships that generate future business.

First Community Mortgage, a subsidiary of First Community Bank in Murfreesboro, Tenn., has started a consumer direct lending operation working out of a new office in Cleveland.

Walter Investment Management Corp. subsidiary Ditech Financial plans to lay off more than 100 employees in North Carolina and Texas following declines in defaults across the country.

U.S. Mortgage Insurers has selected MGIC Chief Executive Patrick Sinks as its new chairman.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 22.

Loan officers encounter a wide range of obstacles in the process of seeing a mortgage loan through to closing, but how many can spin silence into livestock?

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday promoted three CFPB officials to new leadership positions.

Karl "Chip" Case, the co-creator of the S&P/Case-Shiller Index of home prices, has died at 69.

Carmen Inclan of Raymond James Bank recognizes customers are happiest, and business booms, when communication is prioritized.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 15.

RealtyUSA has merged with Pittsburgh-based Howard Hanna Real Estate Services.

Alterra Home Loans in Las Vegas has secured an expansion capital and equity investment commitment from private equity partnership Panorama Point Partners.

Ginnie Mae has hired Nancy Corsiglia as its chief operating officer.

Nonbank lenders and brokers added 500 new workers to their payrolls in May.