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.