Career moves

Due diligence provider Clayton Holdings LLC has hired Robert A. Harris as the firm’s new general counsel.

Equator appointed Anna James as vice president of marketing.

Chris Estes, who served as executive director of the North Carolina Housing Coalition since 2003, has been elected president and CEO of the National Housing Conference.

David H. Stevens, the president and chief executive of the Mortgage Bankers Association, will remain at the trade group rather than departing to run SunTrust Mortgage, as he announced plans to do a month ago.

Carrington Mortgage Services promoted Ray Brousseau to executive vice president of mortgage lending, where he will oversee its retail and wholesale origination business.

DCT Industrial Trust Inc. named Neil Doyle as managing director, Central region.

Kenneth Flynn has joined Cushman & Wakefield Inc. as senior director.

George L. Engelke Jr. has resigned as chairman of Astoria Financial, ending his long tenure with the Lake Success, N.Y., company that included a 22-year run as its chief executive officer.

Suzanne Hutchinson will retire at the end of the year from her post as executive vice president of the Mortgage Insurance Cos. of America.

Due diligence provider Allonhill has hired former mortgage banker Mark Korell as its chief sales and marketing officer.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau promoted Steven Antonakes to head its bank supervision division and placed Paul Sanford in charge of large bank supervision.

Churchill Mortgage Corp. named Kelly Dobbs as its newest home mortgage consultant.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Thomas Butler as director of the agency's new office of credit ratings.

Former Taylor Bean & Whitaker CFO Delton de Armas pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, and one count of making false statements.

Real Estate Mortgage Network Inc. has launched a correspondent lending division to be operated out of its wholesale fulfillment center.

Gramercy Capital Corp. has changed both its investment strategy and its management following completion of a strategic review.

As wards of the same federal conservator, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rarely diverge these days, but when they do it speaks volumes about where the two companies are headed.

SunTrust Mortgage has named two new executive presidents, hiring industry veterans from PNC Mortgage and IBM Corp.

he National Association of Independent Housing Professionals officially requested that CFPB deputy director Raj Date resign because he is “biased” against mortgage brokers and has “internally finalized” regulations that would harm the sector.

State Bank & Trust appointed Tracy Peterson senior vice president/business banker.