Career moves

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.

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.