Career moves

A federal judge sentenced Scott Eric Perry to 18 months in prison on false statement charges related to an almost $750,000 mortgage fraud scheme in the Birmingham area.

Real Estate Mortgage Network Inc. opened its first office in Kansas City, Kan., and hired Greg Redmond as the office’s branch manager.

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For Richard Weiner, remaining a leading producer at Envoy Mortgage means having to do just as much, if not more, as getting there.

Equator appointed Chuck Harkins as director of operations.

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.