Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 25.

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Growth in U.S. Bank's mortgage business is prompting a hiring spree in St. Louis, with plans for up to 200 new local jobs.

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

Walter Investment Management Corp. is in danger of having its stock delisted from the New York Stock Exchange as its average market capitalization remains below required minimums.

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

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

Flagstar Bank has hired Kristy Fercho, former senior vice president and customer delivery executive for Fannie Mae, to lead its mortgage division.

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

Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group has agreed to buy a majority stake in Virginia Community Bank in a rare instance of a nondepository mortgage company buying a bank, rather than the reverse.

A regulatory plan to create new restrictions on banks’ executive compensation practices appears dead — but changes since the financial crisis may have made the proposal largely obsolete anyway.

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

Nearly 10% of Walter Investment Management Corp.'s employees will lose their jobs after it closes Ditech's Irving, Texas, office, a notice filed with the Texas Workforce Commission said.

Total bonuses paid to assistants, processors, closers and managers have been rising as lender retention and merger activity have heated up.

Walter Investment Management Corp. will close its Ditech subsidiary's Irving, Texas, office by the end of 2017, according to an internal memo. It's the first step in an effort to ultimately reduce Walter's physical footprint from 13 offices to as few as four.

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

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

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

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending June 23.

Nationstar Mortgage has returned its overseas call center operations to the U.S., a move that will add 500 jobs at the company.