Banks Drive Down Mortgage Employment Index

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Sep 15, 2014, 07:00 ET

DALLAS, Sept. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortgage industry employment was lower in the latest quarter as a result of a sharp drop at banks, though jobs moved up at credit unions and non-banks.

Nearly 19,000 mortgage job losses were tracked in the Second-Quarter 2014 Mortgage Employment Index. Staff reductions soared from the previous quarter's more than 8,100 and the second-quarter 2013's nearly 3,000.

Findings were based on Mortgage Daily news coverage of hirings and layoffs as well as research conducted on public filings made with state employment departments.

Period	Layoffs	Hirings	Net
Q2 2014	20,569	1,653	-18,916
Q1 2014	8,991	846	-8,145
Q2 2013	9,950	6,969	-2,981

A separate Mortgage Daily analysis of market-share data for banks, credit unions and non-banks indicates that total industry employment was around 669,500 as of June 30, dropping from a revised approximation of 692,700 as of March 31.

Headcount stood much higher 12 months earlier at roughly 971,000.

Mortgage jobs at banks fell to approximately 337,400 from around 366,000 at the end of the first quarter.

But credit union mortgage jobs rose to around 49,200 from around 47,400, while jobs at non-banks inched up to 282,900 from 279,300.

North Carolina had the biggest net loss of any state.

Biggest Job Losses by State

State	Net
NC	-2,764
CA	-1,314
TX	-563
FL	-362
SC	-358

Job gains were slim, with the strongest state, Utah, a little more than 140-job increase.

Biggest Job Gains by State

State	Net
UT	142
NJ	96
WA	58
KS	56
IL	19

Four of the firms with the biggest job losses were banks.

Biggest Job Losses by Company

Company	Net
Chase	-11,500
BofA	-3,900
Citi	-2,200
Wells Fargo	-1,197
RFC	-260

All of the five lenders with the biggest gains were non-banks.

Biggest Job Gains by Company

Company	Net
Walter Investment Management	300
PRMI	284
New American	189
Freedom Mortgage	125
PennyMac	100

Full Q2 2014 report is available to subscribers:
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Historical Mortgage Employment Index data is at:
http://www.mortgagedaily.com/MortgageEmploymentIndex.asp?spcode=pr

Mortgage employment news:
http://www.mortgagedaily.com/MortgageEmployment.asp?spcode=pr

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