Career moves

We're hearing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is carrying on as if it is business as usual.

MGIC Investment Corp. said chief investment officer and treasurer James Karpowicz will retire on March 1.

Mortgage Master has opened a new branch office in Chicago and made two new Midwest regional hires as part of its continuing expansion.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency named Donna Murphy to be its new director of community and consumer law.

Jason Madiedo will become the third mortgage banker ever to head up the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.

Peter Albano is joining Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. as head of taxable fixed-income sales.

Safeguard Properties appointed Joe Iafigliola as vice president of vendor management.

The early returns in the Origination News 2012 Loan Officer Survey shows volumes higher than in 2011. Credit: © Texelart - Fotolia.com

Supreme Lending named Brian Mitchell as its new senior vice president, national sales manager.

United Lender Services appointed Chris Behning as director of information technology.

Daniel Gilbert has been promoted to chief executive of NorthStar Real Estate Income Trust.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appointed Steve Antonakes to serve as the acting deputy director to replace Raj Date.

Residential retail lender Mortgage Master continues to seek expansion possibilities in promising geographic markets.

Waypoint Homes named managing director Gary Beasley as its new president and chief executive officer.

Jason Beene has been promoted to president of the correspondent division at Affiliated Mortgage.

Stonegate Mortgage has hired former GMAC RFC capital markets executive Eric Scholtz as the point man for a new jumbo loan conduit.

Equity Loans reported significant levels of corporate growth in 2012 with more than a 50% increase in loan production.

Louis Borsellino, newly-installed president of the New York Association of Mortgage Brokers, lays out his plans for the coming year.

The National Association of Home Builders elected four senior officers to top leadership positions within the federation.

Bay Equity Home Loans said that John Marler joined the firm as director of marketing and communications.