The jobs that seem to be the least in demand include technology support (4 percent) and secondary marketing positions.

We’re told a sale contract could be signed any day now, but as far as a public announcement is concerned, it may not happen right away…

Potential homeowners may be talking themselves out of the American dream, according to several recent surveys that show consumers underestimate their ability to get a mortgage. A Genworth survey of more than 100 lending executives found that 66 percent said eligible borrowers mistakenly think they don’t qualify for a mortgage. In a similar survey on consumer’s views on homeownership, Wells Fargo reported...

Stonegate has grown from 400 employees in 2012 to about 1,300 currently.

CSS identified the trade group advisors by organization, but not by their individual names.

CMLA argues that “moving implementation to January [from October] will allow lenders and settlement service providers a more gradual implementation of the new disclosures in a lower pressure environment.”

Savitt noted that some lenders don’t want to staff up too much “only to have to lay off workers later on.”

Wells Fargo was the top seller to Freddie Mac in 2Q with $12.6 billion, according to newly compiled figures from Inside Mortgage Finance, but BofA was a somewhat close second...

A few years back, then FHFA Director Ed DeMarco cut the compensation of the CEOs as a response to lawmaker concerns.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also is reviewing LPMI, but from a different angle: RESPA and the "discounting" of such policies…