Even though the mortgage industry is seeing signs of declining production, employment in the sector surged to a new high in September, according to government figures released Nov. 4.Mortgage banking and brokerage firms employed 529,300 full-timers at the end of September -- a 10% gain compared with the total recorded in the same month last year and a 0.68% increase from the total in August. The Department of Labor says the "real estate credit" industry (mortgage bankers) employed 392,900 workers at September's end while mortgage and "nonmortgage" loan brokers employed 136,400. (Some nonmortgage jobs are probably represented in the numbers.) Mortgage rates have been rising over the past month. As MortgageWire neared its deadline, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note stood at 4.66%.
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The latest rate increases contributed to a 1% drop in purchases from the previous week and 15% annually, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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The top five producers had an average dollar volume of VA and USDA loans of more than $35 million in 2023.
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The JPMorgan Chase CEO took aim Tuesday at the proposed Basel III endgame rules, hindrances to mergers and bureaucratic burdens. "I would love to have a more productive relationship with regulators, but I think it takes conversation," Dimon said.
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While income decreased from the fourth quarter, it accelerated on an annual basis across NVR's building and lending units.
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Many legal experts think the Supreme Court will rule in favor of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a case challenging its funding. Such a ruling would unleash a flurry of litigation that has been on hold pending the outcome of the constitutional challenge.
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Prevention through new building standards and mapping technology aim to keep home insurance rates down but mortgage bankers see challenges.
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