We must make sure a loan officer comes on board the right way. If the most important rule is Hire the Right People, the second most important rule is Keep the Right People.

Marek Harrison, a real estate developer based in Plant City, Florida, has acknowledged running a mortgage fraud scheme involving the condominium conversion of a former hotel near Walt Disney World. So reports the Tampa Bay-Lakeland Business Observer.

Bill Bodnar of the Mortgage Market Guide discusses all the positive markers that point to more good times ahead. Specifically, he points to durable items, a pickup in housing, the tight labor market, rising starts, good existing home sales and the Goldilocks scenario.

Zillow’s move into iBuying is a first step into a bigger makeover for the process of purchasing a home, CEO Richard Barton has said. So reports CNBC.