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With infection rates rising and unemployment claims increasing since Thanksgiving, mortgages in coronavirus-related forbearance rose by 37,000 last week, according to Black Knight.

Alexis Holdcroft provides account management services to clients serviced by the Corporate Synergies Bethesda, Maryland regional office. She helps with the development of health and welfare benefit offerings based on needs analysis, plan management, cost containment and strategic planning.

Tom Sgouros, Fellow at Americans for Financial Reform and a former policy advisor in the Rhode Island Treasury.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Dec. 18.

Travis Vanlandingham is vice president of member contact and payment services at America’s First Federal Credit Union in Birmingham, Ala.

The Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe Veterans Health Case and Benefits Improvement Act includes a provision that extends eligibility for VA loans to certain full-time National Guard and Reserve members.

Mike Riemer is chief security architect at Pulse Secure.

Brittany Mills is senior director of customer experience at Mobiquity.

The Federal Reserve has already agreed to shut down emergency credit programs funded by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, but Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and others want Congress to ensure the central bank cannot revive them.

The boom continues, with refinances making up a 61% share of all mortgage loans issued that month, according to Ellie Mae.