Career moves

Nonbank mortgage lenders added 1,600 employees to their payrolls in September, which combined with revised August figures brought industry employment to its highest point in more than two years.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 6.

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage has shifted Perry Hilzendeger to head up its mortgage servicing operations from his previous position of running its home loan default business.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 30.

The acting head of New York’s Department of Financial Services will step down before the end of the year, giving New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo a run at reshaping a regulator that has levied billions of dollars of penalties against international banks and at times raised hackles in foreign capitals.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 23.

From thrift deregulation to government domination, the mortgage business is prone to dramatic shifts. Here are 10 people who share the credit, or the blame, for major industry changes.

Citizens Bank in Providence, R.I., has appointed a former mortgage insurance executive to head its mortgage division.

David H. Stevens, the Mortgage Bankers Association's president, pledged to "shine an aggressive spotlight on abusive enforcement" at the trade group's annual gathering, specifically calling out the Department of Justice.

Greg Reiter, Wells Fargo's head of residential mortgage research who spent more than 25 years specializing in bonds backed by home loans and other securities, has died. He was 52.