Article: Website News Roundup: Mortgage Jobs Fall to New Low.(NationalMortgageNews.com)

Mortgage companies cut their payrolls by 6,100 full-time workers in August as employment in the residential finance industry hit a new low. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that employment in the mortgage banker/broker sector fell to 261,200 positions in August from 267,300 in July.

Jay Brinkmann, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association, said servicers are hiring workers to deal with rising delinquencies and loan modifications. However, that hiring has been offset by reductions in staff due to bank mergers, back-office consolidation and a reliance on temporary workers and contractors, Mr. Brinkman said.

He noted that the ...

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