Career moves

The Bank of the Ozarks will be opening a commercial real estate loan production office in New York.

The employment contract of L. Stephen Smith as chief executive, president and chief operating officer of The PMI Group Inc. expired on June 30 and was not renewed.

EverBank Financial in Jacksonville, Fla., is opening a commercial real estate lending office in Houston.

Matt Gutauskas, who was part of the Independence/Sovereign team that came over with Honstedt, is the new managing director.

Milton Miller, the president of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, is retiring due to “medical reasons.”

CBRE Group Inc. said that Shawn Rosenthal has joined the firm’s Midtown Manhattan office as an executive vice president in the debt and equity finance group.

Mark Hammond, the former chief executive, vice president and vice chairman of Flagstar Bancorp, has become co-chairman of United Shore Financial Services.

Morrison & Foerster expanded its real estate finance practice by adding Stephen Cox of Hypothekenbank Frankfurt AG.

When John Kanas sold North Fork Bancorp to Capital One Financial in 2006, he made certain not to burn any bridges with his former employees.

Women in Housing and Finance has elected a new board of directors for the group's 2013-2014 calendar cycle.

Amherst Securities Group has brought on UBS veteran Chris McDowell as part of an effort to expand its commercial real estate finance business.

The Men's Wearhouse-George Zimmer situation should be watched by mortgage marketers.

Amid speculation over who will succeed Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman, there are no signs that President Barack Obama has begun a formal search.

Sabal Financial Group is expanding into third-party servicing, special servicing and construction loan administration nationwide.

Stonegage Mortgage's new office will be located in Oak Brook, Ill., and will focus on loan servicing and originations.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has appointed Arthur Murton to be the new director of the Office of Complex Financial Institutions.

Williston Financial Group, the parent company of WFG National Title Insurance Co., has acquired Community Title Services of Nevada, an agency based in Las Vegas.

In this new position, Patricia Kauker will be responsible for managing the reverse mortgage lenders training and development program and create initiatives that will help expand the program.

Griggs will provide customers of the Fargo, N.D.-based financial institution with tools and information to be able to navigate the ever-changing mortgage landscape.

Thinking about my own father and about my role as a father to my three children.