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Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 20.

When Guaranteed Rate's Sam Sharp discovered past clients' online reviews were bringing in new business, he started making customer feedback a major part of his digital marketing strategy.

As demand outpaced supply in the third quarter, the amount of money consumers put down to buy a home ticked up, according to LendingTree.

Accelerating increases in auto loan debt and mortgage credit helped propel total borrowings of U.S. households to the highest level in more than five years, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Thursday.

First Bancshares in Hattiesburg, Miss., has agreed to buy Mortgage Connection in Jackson, Miss.

Prospect Mortgage, a Sherman Oaks, Calif., nonbank lender, has agreed to pay $10.1 million in borrower restitution and penalties for violating federal and state laws, California's Department of Business Oversight said Thursday.

Cenlar FSB, the nation's largest mortgage subservicer, will open a loan-servicing center in Tempe, Ariz.

Interest rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell slightly during the week ending Nov. 19, as the market and investors have mixed opinions on whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next month, according to Freddie Mac.

The House passed two controversial regulatory relief bills Wednesday evening ahead of the looming yearend budget fight.

Credit scores on closed loans reached five consecutive months of decline in October, according to Ellie Mae.