Career moves

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 30.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 16.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 9.

Walker & Dunlop acquired commercial mortgage banker iCap Realty Advisors as part of its strategic plan to increase its annual originations by at least one-third in the next two years.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 2.

The housing finance agency, which is increasingly at the forefront of reform discussions, has been without a permanent chief for almost two years.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 26.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 19.

Donald Layton, who has run the mortgage giant since 2012, discussed the busy agenda leading up to his departure and says Freddie can serve as a "technical adviser" in GSE reform talks.

Ex-Ginnie Mae President Joseph Murin is among several industry veterans joining Ainsworth Advisors, a consultancy run by former mortgage banker David Lykken and former Texas Capital Bank executive Gary Ort.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 12.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 5.

Movement Mortgage, citing the continuing deterioration of the housing market, is eliminating approximately 180 back office positions on Oct. 5.

Shannon McGahn will depart the House committee next week and will join the National Association of Realtors as senior vice president of government affairs.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 28.

USAA will be eliminating 265 home sales and lending positions, but it already has offered nearly 100 of the affected workers different jobs within its mortgage unit.

The CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are stepping down because the job they were hired to do — return the GSEs to profitability — is done. But attracting top-flight candidates to lead the mortgage giants into a new phase may not be easy.

Brian Brooks, the mortgage giant's general counsel, is leaving this week to head the legal team at Coinbase.

NMI Holdings is laying the groundwork for President Claudia Merkle to replace CEO Bradley Shuster next year.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 14.