Mortgage and Housing Layoffs
Most of America’s largest mortgage lenders have instituted at least one round of layoffs this year. A rapid rise in mortgage rates and a big drop in origination volume has led to thousands of industry job losses in 2022 and 2023.
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Fannie Mae cuts 62 jobs under FHFA’s push to streamline operations
Oct 31, 2025Fannie Mae cut 62 jobs on Thursday across its operations, technology, and diversity teams as part of an ongoing strategy imposed by Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte to reduce positions not related to the enterprise’s core activities.
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Popular Bank is waving goodbye to the mortgage business
Oct 27, 2025 -
HUD layoffs hit 442 employees amid government shutdown
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OceanFirst exits mortgage business, hands origination to Embrace
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Rocktop’s Cade Thompson on targeting inefficiencies in mortgage lending
Aug 25, 2025 -
Ex-Fannie Mae employees accuse leadership of defamation in new lawsuit
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Rocket revamps real estate arm, moves home search to Redfin
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Rocket lays off 2% of workforce after closing Redfin acquisition
Jul 21, 2025 -
Cenlar to shutter Missouri office
Jun 24, 2025 -
nCino cuts 7% of workforce as it talks up AI opportunities
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Appeals court restores ban on CFPB mass layoffs
Apr 29, 2025
