Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Elects New Chairman
The board of trustees of Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT), an equity real estate investment trust, has elected Charles T. Nason chairman....
Brian Casey Joins Walker & Dunlop
Commercial real estate finance company Walker & Dunlop Inc. has named Brian Casey to its proprietary capital group. He will be responsible for...
Wolters Kluwer Strengthens Servicing Consulting Practice
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has added Chris Zimmerman to its consulting practice as a senior compliance consultant focused on default servicing. In this...
Wetzel Trott Taps Ludtke As President
Brian R. Ludtke has been named president of Wetzel Trott Inc., a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based company that specializes in residential mortgage quality control...
Stearns Lending Names Chief Compliance Officer
Stearns Lending Inc., a national mortgage lender, has appointed Laura LaRaia as associate general counsel and chief compliance officer, where she will serve...
Ares Commercial Appoints Schuster Co-CEO
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. (ACRE) has appointed one of its directors, Todd Schuster, to join John Bartling Jr. as co-CEO. He has...
360 Mortgage Expands Wholesale Lending Platform
360 Mortgage Group LLC, a privately owned mortgage banking firm focused on third-party originations, has named Jeff Slain as regional manager for the...
Carrington Mortgage Services Adds Leadership
The lending division of Carrington Mortgage Services LLC has named Jeff Gillis senior vice president of operations and promoted Mariano Demarin to national...
New American Funding Names VP Of Community Lending
New American Funding has appointed Cayce Macias to the position of vice president of community lending, where she will focus on expanding the...
Cantor Commercial Makes Moves In Credit Department
Cantor Commercial Real Estate (CCRE) has promoted Michael Kaplan to head of credit and appointed Ari Schwartzbard director of credit. Kaplan joined CCRE...
Bank Of America Exec Joins Stearns Lending
Mortgage lender Stearns Lending Inc. has hired Louie Colatriano as senior vice president, margin management. In this role, he will lead efforts to...
Situs Adds Depth To Multifamily Advisory Group
Situs, a global commercial real estate advisory firm, has appointed John Zielke as head of underwriting in its multifamily advisory group. Zielke will...
Valuation Partners Expands Management Team
Appraisal management company Valuation Partners has named three mortgage and valuation industry veterans to its management team: Damon Zeigler, vice president, vendor management;...
Western Bancorp Expanding Wholesale Operations
Western Bancorp, a San Jose, Calif.-based mortgage company, has hired Rhett Hubbard and Dave Waddell to help expand the firm's wholesale lending operations....
Housing Counseling Agency Using IndiSoft Solution
SafeGuard Credit Counseling Services Inc. has selected IndiSoft's RxOffice Premium Counselor Edition to support its work with homeowners in New York. SafeGuard was...
Ellie Mae Appoints Wong To Lead Software Development
Ellie Mae has hired Vivian Wong as senior vice president of software development, responsible for managing the product development teams that are working...
Marano Resigns From CEO Post At ResCap
Thomas Marano has resigned as CEO of Residential Capital (ResCap), but the company says he will remain involved with ResCap as a member...
Dowis Joins Solera National Bank As Vice President
Solera National Bank has named Lisa Dowis vice president of marketing, responsible for leading corporate marketing - specifically, the bank's residential mortgage division....
Allied Mortgage Group Names Head Of Affinity Lending
Mortgage banking company Allied Mortgage Group has appointed Mark Smyth as its director of affinity lending, responsible for leading the company's mortgage process...
Brad Davis Is New Managing Director At RiskSpan
RiskSpan, a company that focuses on risk management solutions for the mortgage banking industry, has named Brad Davis managing director, where he will...