Employment at nondepository mortgage companies dropped considerably in November, as the combined effects of lower volumes and seasonal slowing reduced hiring needs.

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

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

Cash-strapped lenders need to find a way to consistently fund marketing that resonates with more cultures if they really want to be able to replace lost volume by reaching underserved borrowers.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Dec. 21.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Dec. 14.

The number of workers employed by non-depository mortgage companies experienced a typical seasonal drop month-to-month, but employment remained higher than a year ago due to the persistence of competitive hiring practices.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Dec. 7.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 30.

Minorities are still charged more for mortgages when all other applicable credit factors are equal — both in person and online, according to a new study by the University of California, Berkeley.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 16.

Wells Fargo will lay off 1,000 workers primarily from its mortgage unit in the first major round of a previously announced plan to cut the bank's workforce by as much as 10% over the next three years.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 9.

Hiring by nonbank mortgage lenders and brokers ebbed in September as the housing market prepares to pack it in for the colder months.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 2.

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

Hope Hardison, Wells Fargo's chief administrative officer since 2015, and David Julian, its chief auditor since 2012, have both been removed from the bank's operating committee and begun leaves of absence in the latest fallout from the bank's phony-accounts scandal.

A new analysis of mortgage data demonstrates how default rates, not just approval and decline rates, can be used to evaluate findings of unfair treatment in lending.

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

Questions surrounding Eric Blankenstein, a senior CFPB official whose racially charged writings from over a decade ago have led to calls for his resignation, have been referred to the agency's watchdog.