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Live Well Financial, a reverse and traditional mortgage lender that abruptly stopped originating on May 3, will lay off 103 employees, according to a Virginia Employment Commission filing.

Nondepository mortgage companies cut another 1,500 workers in March as the housing market's peak season got underway, suggesting that even with business potentially picking up, lenders remain cautious about hiring.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending May 3.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending April 26.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending April 19.

Marianne Lake, seen in recent months as a leading candidate to replace CEO Jamie Dimon, got the post she may have needed to round out her resume — consumer lending chief. And Jennifer Piepszak, another rising star at the company, will take over as CFO from Lake.

Gay couples are a lot less likely to be approved for a home loan, and they pay more for the mortgages they do get, according to a new analysis of more than 30 million U.S. home loans from 1990 to 2015.

Adolfo Marzol, who has served as an adviser to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, will now report to the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending April 12.

Nondepositories in the mortgage business cut 2,900 more jobs in February, bringing industry employment to its lowest point in nearly three years.