60% Of Mortgage Pros Living Paycheck To Paycheck

More than half of all mortgage professionals are living paycheck to paycheck, contending with rising inflation and a cooling market. Everee, a payroll tech company, surveyed 314 commission-based mortgage professionals. Of the respondents, 31% said they plan to leave the industry in the next year. An additional 15% aren’t sure if they’ll stay in the industry moving forward. The main issues for these respondents were pay and flexibility. These pros said they might consider staying in their jobs if they were given more flexible working options and competitive pay. Many states have changed regulations surrounding lenders and work-from-home in the wake of the pandemic. Safety and privacy concerns have been hashed out through trial and error, and LOs at large…