Nonbank mortgage firms continue to hire new employees thanks to increasing origination volumes and their ability to whittle away at the market share of the nation’s largest megabank originators. In the first quarter of 2015, lenders of different charters funded a better-than-expected $370 billion with nonbanks accounting for eight of the top 15 origination slots, according to Inside Mortgage Finance, an affiliate publication. Although megabanks such as Wells Fargo, Bank of America and ...