It would appear mortgage job security is at an all-time high these days. Credit the pandemic and lower interest rates.

When the pandemic subsides, the majority of lenders plan to allow to some employees to continue working from home.

Rates are rising and that means fewer applications. Yet, mortgage bankers and brokers are still hiring.

With refi business expected to decline later this year, a number of shops are rethinking their hiring plans. Lenders are set to face margin compression, excess capacity and consolidation.

Working from home is going pretty well for lenders, with some reporting increased productivity and only one out of 33 surveyed noting a reduction in profits.

Compensation levels of loan originators increased to $24,000 per month during the second quarter from $15,000 a year ago, according to data vendor LBA Ware.

Mortgage originations continue to boom as lenders move to hire as many full-timers as humanly possible. One concern: A lack of operations workers.

High hopes for nonbank origination results; a trade group chief steps down for personal remarks he made online.

Having hit a rocky patch during the pandemic, Impac Mortgage will be late in reporting first-quarter results and it’s selling most of its MSRs. What’s next?

Mortgage REITs came back from the brink this week, but the sector is not out of the woods quite yet. Thanks to the coronavirus, financial uncertainty remains the watchword.