Career moves

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 16.

PNC Mortgage's chief executive and president Joseph C. Guyaux will retire in the spring of 2016, the Pittsburgh-based company announced Thursday. He will be replaced by treasurer and chief investment officer E. William Parsley III.

Executives in the mortgage industry must "take a page from the real estate community" and be more active in Washington and their state capitals, said outgoing Mortgage Bankers Association Chairman Bill Cosgrove.

SunTrust Banks in Atlanta has promoted an executive to oversee its consumer banking and wealth management operations

The outlook for originations, and regulators' priorities for 2016, will dominate discussions throughout the Mortgage Bankers Association's Annual Convention in San Diego next week. Earmark these eight hot topics and features to seek out at the show.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 9.

Walter Investment Management has promoted its vice chairman to CEO, after Mark O'Brien said he will retire from that position.

NewCastle Home Loans Owner Ryan Kelley has branded himself as "The Home Loan Expert" and is willing to sit in a bathtub full of credit cards to prove it.

Employment at nonbank mortgage banking and brokerage firms was steady in August, ending a six-month run of job gains.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 2.