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A New Hiring Headache Emerges: Underwriter Costs
September 24, 2020
Paul Muolo
The origination boom has afforded mortgage bankers record volumes and profits but it has also created an unforeseen headache: underwriters asking for salaries of $150,00 or more. Plus signing bonuses.
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