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Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 4.

Nearly half of the second-quarter volume came from its existing customers.

Mr. Cooper plans to hire an additional 2,000 employees by the end of this year as record low interest rates spur home purchases and mortgage refinancings.

The third annual survey seeks to identify and recognize the best employers in the industry.

The California plan to create a new, tougher state regulatory agency is at the finish line after lawmakers agreed to key exemptions for banks while maintaining strong enforcement measures for payday lenders and other firms.

For the first time since June 7, the number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance didn't decrease from the week before, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The refinance boom kept mortgage loan application defect risk flat, with record-low levels in July, but fraud risk for purchases climbed again, according to First American Financial.

A Quincy, Mass., real estate broker pleaded not guilty to nine charges, including money laundering and forgery, for what prosecutors say is the theft of $800,000 from deposit checks.

Blackstone Group, which led Wall Street's initial foray into the single-family rental business, is making a new investment in suburban houses at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is pressuring traditional commercial real estate.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 28.