The vibe is pre-COVID San Francisco: Airpods, electric scooters, coffee-shop coworking and cash offers for million-dollar homes.

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

The future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Fed’s supervisory regime for the biggest financial institutions, reform of the Community Reinvestment Act and a host of other industry-related issues are on the ballot this November.

Although it moved from the glitz of Las Vegas to a fully virtual event, the 2020 Digital Mortgage Conference delivered insights and acumen from the industry.

A deep understanding of the history of racial discrimination in both lending and technology is a prerequisite to the development of new technologies, panelists said.

After being approved, retroactively denied and having a second application rejected, the firm is appealing the decision with federal regulators.

Many states currently have temporary work-from-home guidance for licensed mortgage professionals that extends through at least Dec. 31, but some have fall expiration dates.

From an increased interest in outdoor space to a need for a dedicated home office, the pandemic has created new drivers for refinancing, moving and other housing decisions, TD Bank found.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 11.

The final version of the amended rule, like the original proposal, makes fair lending claims tougher to prove; but it does soften language that otherwise might have allowed mortgage companies to use algorithms to prove nondiscrimination.

New Yorkers fleeing the city and cooped-up workers in cramped home offices are helping fuel a hot home sale market in Connecticut, with properties selling at a dizzying pace.

While employment typically ebbs as home buying slows in the fall, several nonbanks have ambitious hiring plans in the works, which call for them to add thousands of workers by year-end.

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

But federal elections and the pandemic make projections on the sustainability of industry profitability especially tricky.

The decision is the latest development in an ongoing dispute between the shuttered company and its regulator.

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

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

Many mortgage companies are hoping to operate remotely through year-end and are asking regulators for relief to that end.

Party polarization and racial equity issues make it tougher for trade groups to manage internal divisions while ensuring the field supports those who get their hands on the levers of power.

The California Assembly is considering a bill that would require local governments to permit duplexes on parcels now largely restricted to one house, in effect eliminating single-family zoning that dominates in most suburban residential neighborhoods.