Career moves

Mark Lefanowicz will join Fenway Summer as CEO of its mortgage venture.

LenderLive Network appointed Joe Chodkiewicz as regional account manager for its Midwest region.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s top supervision and enforcement officer, Steven Antonakes, will also serve as the CFPB’s second-in-command.

Genworth Financial has added two new executives to the management team at its U.S. mortgage insurance subsidiary.

At Citizens Bank, Hoffman will be tasked with leading the marketing and business expansion efforts for the bank’s residential loan portfolio.

PSM Holdings Inc., has promoted Kevin Gadawski to president and chief executive, replacing Ron Hanna who has resigned.

Effective September 3, mortgage industry veteran Vickie Tillman is the new president of Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC.

The New York attorney general has filed a lawsuit against real estate mogul Donald Trump, Trump University and its former president for engaging “in persistent fraudulent, illegal and deceptive conduct.”

After a seasonal phenomenon occurred in June where mortgage delinquencies spiked up, the trend started to take a reverse course again in July.

It has become easier for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to recruit personnel now that the Senate has confirmed director Richard Cordray.

American Farm Mortgage Co. appointed Alan Hoskins president and CEO.

Commissioner Mathew Wambua will be stepping down from his current position as he is set to become the president of RHR Funding.

Prudential is expanding in core real estate as the insurer uses the strategy to diversify retirement plans and draw in investors beyond the U.S.

NXTLoan/First American Mortgage Trust said that Rob Philion has joined the company as the new director of sales/national sales manager.

MountainView Capital Holdings named Joseph Mevorah to head its expanding investment banking business.

Most recently, he served as an executive vice president for Solutionstar, a subsidiary of Nationstar.

FeatherStone Investment Group hired Kevin Blaser to take charge of the securitizations of the company’s REO-to-rental portfolio.

Residential Finance has started a core services division to work with real estate brokers and homebuilders to improve the delivery of services to those constituencies.

Nicholas Racanelli has joined Mortgage Advantage as vice president of business development.

While most loan officers (including Solter) work with Realtors, very few call on architects, who also deal with buyers.