SWBC is looking to hire 40-plus technology workers.

The GSEs’ retained portfolios are shrinking, but whole-loan investments held by banks and credit unions are not.

Firms that specialize in subservicing increased their contracts by 2.7 percent in the fourth quarter and by 21.3 percent from a year ago, according to a new tally from Inside Mortgage Finance. In general, the outlook for the sector is strong, but a handful of firms aren’t growing their business by very much. And one firm – Ocwen Financial – experienced a large decline in contracts during the period. At yearend, Ocwen subserviced...[Includes one data table]

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A number of home buyers have been duped by hackers in an e-mail and money wiring scam involving purchase mortgages, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC posted a warning about scammers “phishing” for settlement fees late last week. In a phishing scheme, fraudsters impersonate a business online in an effort to trick a consumer. “Hackers have been breaking...

On the other hand, 63 percent said the new forms for loan estimates and closing disclosures were easier to understand...

“Many sophisticated parties have been duped,” said NAR.

The Fair Labor Standards Act spells out the basis for an administrative exemption from overtime pay.

With commercial banks continuing to pare back their role in the mortgage market, nonbanks are aggressively hiring top performers.

The mortgage chiefs at “marketplace” lender SoFi were at the recent ABS Vegas show talking up their business with other lenders...