The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports mortgage companies added 2,700 full-time employees in March and another 2,800 in April, bringing employment in the mortgage and brokerage sector to 267,600 in March, almost 3,000 more employees than in Feb. of this year. OriginationNews tells MHProNews.com while employment in the mortgage industry has fallen less than two percent in the last year, there was no change in the construction industry employment from March to April this year. Meanwhile, the BLS revised employment figures for March up 34,000 to 154,000.

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