Mortgage brokers

From recruitment strategies to leveraging technology without losing the personal touch, here's a look at four challenges and opportunities for the resurgent mortgage broker channel.

Quicken Loans Mortgage Services and Calyx Software developed a version of the Point loan origination system that's preconfigured with tools for small mortgage firms to work with the Detroit lender's TPO division.

Nondepository mortgage bankers and brokers increased their headcounts in August, but hurricane recovery efforts and other macro factors may stymie additional growth.

An organization that plays a role in the racial integration of Tennessee's neighborhoods and schools has — after nearly 100 years — installed its first black president.

Nondepository mortgage bankers and brokers employment dipped slightly in July, ending a four-month run of hiring pickups.

The nonbank mortgage sector had its largest one-month employment gain in a year, as independent mortgage bankers and brokers enjoyed stronger-than-expected originations during the second quarter.

Tech-savvy mortgage broker Sindeo is back in business, following an acquisition by Renren, a Chinese social media company and an investor in U.S.-based fintech firms including Social Finance and LendingHome.

Just over 1,000 California Association of Realtors members may have been affected by a breach of the online store they use to buy everything from blank home sales contracts and disclosure forms to books, software, magnets, lapel pins and coffee mugs.

Employment among nonbank lenders and mortgage brokers grew in May, marking the third straight month of employment gains at a time when housing inventory is tight, refinancing has slowed and home prices are rising.

The shuttering of tech-savvy mortgage broker Sindeo reflects the challenges of operating during a period of weak volume in a difficult originations channel, not its embrace of digital mortgages.