Bob Ipock
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Mortgage Banking a Growing Occupation
(July 25) -- The mortgage banking industry is America's fastest-growing employment category, adding 55,000 workers since March 2001 and increasing 18 percent over the past 15 months.
There are some 365,000 mortgage banking employees today, and industry experts expect the number to continue to swell, as consumers borrow more to take advantage of favorable interest rates and invest in real estate as an alternative to stocks. Although new technology has enabled mortgage loan officers to improve productivity, increased demand has forced the industry to add more workers.
The mortgage demand has had a spill-over effect on real estate companies and the residential construction industry, which have added 14,000 jobs and 56,000 jobs, respectively, since last March.
Source: Bloomberg Online (07/22/02); Enochs, Liz
(July 25) -- The mortgage banking industry is America's fastest-growing employment category, adding 55,000 workers since March 2001 and increasing 18 percent over the past 15 months.
There are some 365,000 mortgage banking employees today, and industry experts expect the number to continue to swell, as consumers borrow more to take advantage of favorable interest rates and invest in real estate as an alternative to stocks. Although new technology has enabled mortgage loan officers to improve productivity, increased demand has forced the industry to add more workers.
The mortgage demand has had a spill-over effect on real estate companies and the residential construction industry, which have added 14,000 jobs and 56,000 jobs, respectively, since last March.
Source: Bloomberg Online (07/22/02); Enochs, Liz
