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May 21, 2013 - 11:43am
Santa Ana, Calif.-based Stearns Lending announced it appointed John Krantz as the company’s senior vice president – controller. In his new role, Krantz will be responsible for management and financial reporting for the combined retail, wholesale and correspondent production channels. Previously, he ...
May 21, 2013 - 11:17am
Ed Hunter has been named vice president of Business Development at VRM Mortgage Services, a real estate solutions provider focused on helping financial institutions adapt and excel. In his new position, Hunter will lead and direct VRM’s go-to-market strategy and execution for new business development. He will be...
May 20, 2013 - 3:47pm
Freddie Mac named a former U.S. Bancorp ($35.29 0.16%) executive to its board Monday. The government-sponsored enterprise selected Richard Hartnack, former chairman and head of consumer and small business at U.S. Bancorp, to serve as director of the company’s board. Prior to joining U.S. Bancorp in 2005, Hartnack served...
May 20, 2013 - 11:17am
Chip Caldwell joins FirstClose, an aggregator in mortgage settlement services, as vice president and Southeast Region Manager.  Previously, Caldwell worked at Freddie Mac for over 19 years, and most recently, he worked for FNC, a provider of automated appraisal workflow solutions. "When I evaluated...
May 20, 2013 - 8:50am
Mortgage technology provider ISGN appointed Nancy Alley chief product officer. Alley joins the firm, which offers tech solutions for loan originations as well as default and servicing practices. Alley will oversee the company’s technology business unit. After launching her career at GE Capital’s mortgage business unit,...
May 20, 2013 - 8:39am
President Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Rick Metsger, a past credit union volunteer and former state senator in Oregon, to a term on the National Credit Union Association Board. According to the National Association of Federal Credit Unions, Metsger, a Democrat, previously served in Oregon’s...
May 17, 2013 - 10:08am
Mayer Brown hired Lawrence Berkovich to serve as a partner in the Banking & Finance group. Berkovich will use his expertise to concentrate his practice on complex structured finance transactions, with a particular emphasis on broadly syndicated and middle-market collateralized loan obligations; both first mortgage and...