WASHINGTON – Mortgage rates may be going up and the number of refinance and first mortgage applications are expected to fall, but that doesn't seem to be affecting the number of people employed in the mortgage industry. According to the latest employment report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in April there were 5,200 more people working in the mortgage industry that in March. In total there were a reported 448,900 mortgage-related jobs.

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