Career moves

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.

Solidifi said that its parent company, Real Matters, appointed Robert Courteau to its board of directors.

Houston’s Envoy Mortgage is the latest independent mortgage banker to step into an area where the bigger banks are abandoning or cutting back correspondent lending.

For the week ended Jan. 18, total application volume was up 7%, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s supervision chief for the last seven years is stepping down.

Axios Valuation Solutions and its parent company eMortgage Logic said that Tony Pistilli has joined Axios as its new executive vice president and chief appraiser.

Platinum Data hired Nima Oreizy as its new chief technology officer.

Mortgage Capital Trading named Anthony Ianni vice president of lender services.

U.S. Bancorp has promoted Brian Schwallie to lead its operations in the Grand Canyon State.

Wells Fargo is expanding its commercial real estate operations in the United Kingdom.

Titan Capital Solutions hired Joel Veenstra to lead its sales team as national sales director.

Andrea Johnson has been selected by US REO Partners to become the group’s new president.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency will have a new deputy director who left the FDIC to head its division of housing mission and goals.

Norcom Mortgage promoted Josh Gillooly and Ryan Kelly.

Greystone is continuing expanding with moves to grow it on the West Coast that will be led by a member of its senior management staff.