With all these recent news about high inflation, low housing inventory, mortgage rates in the 8%, and loan officers quitting the mortgage industry by the thousands, is now a very bad time to become a mortgage loan officer? Is it true that the national number of loan officers dropped by over half due to the mortgage industry going under? Is it true over fifty percent of the mortgage companies went out of business and there are more mortgage brokers and mortgage bankers that are waiting to get out of business?

Many Mortgage companies are hurting. Mortgage rates are at 26 year highs, the Feds keep on increasing rates, inflation is out of control, home prices are increasing despite high rates and a weak unstable economy. Over half the licensed loan originators are expected not to renew their NMLS mortgage licenses for 2024. We will keep this thread going