The Mortgage Workforce is Back, but for How Long?

HousingWire, Mar. 1, 2021–James Kleimann
In 2006, loan officers were collecting record paydays by issuing mortgages to anyone with a pulse and a dream, underwriters were in high demand and an army of processors were hired to help make it all happen. By the height of the bubble, the industry’s ranks had swelled to about 500,000 workers, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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