Career moves

CIT Group Inc., New York, is getting into the commercial real estate lending business, looking to originate and underwrite transactions in the Boston, New York and Washington markets.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors Tuesday promoted Bill Matthews to executive vice president of the group, which represents state banking regulators throughout the U.S.

Fannie Mae Monday morning confirmed to National Mortgage News that its multifamily unit is the subject of an Inspector General probe being conducted by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. promoted Jeffrey Gibson to the position of AVP, correspondent division manager.

Behringer Harvard said that Robert S. Aisner has been appointed as chief executive officer Jason Mattox has been named as chief operating officer.

NexGen Compliance Solutions named Cheri Shine as its new president. She replaces Jeff Adam who is starting his own consulting firm in the financial field.

Michael McRoberts has agreed to join Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. as managing director of its conventional Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lending business.

Kevin Malloy has joined Avison Young's brokerage operations in the Boston metropolitan area and will serve as a principal and director in the firm's technology practice group.

Keith Colvin, special counsel with the law firm of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre LLP, was elected as president-elect of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys.

The American Bankers Association elected new officers and directors to serve on ABA's board for the 2011-2012 association year.

Scott Rogers and Ted Klaassen have joined the Palo Alto office of Rutan & Tucker LLP. Rogers brings 30 years of experience with a wide array of commercial real estate projects representing both institutional and private interests in transactional and litigation matters.

Wilson & Associates PLLC said that Randy Bueter has been named board member of the USFN for a three-year term.

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Both the chief executive officer and the chairman of the board of Freddie Mac are stepping down within the next few months, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said late Wednesday.

Greenlight Financial Services, Irvine, Calif., Wednesday announced that it will enter the wholesale channel and hopes to fund its first loan some time early next year.

Top residential loan officers working for Bank of America are continuing to flee the troubled lender with its latest casualty being David Macke, who ranks first among all purchase money LOs at the bank.

Barclays Capital has made several appointments to its U.S. CMBS team.

Bank of America Corp. reshuffled top retail bank executives yet again this week, according to an internal memo obtained by American Banker.

Mortgage Technology magazine presented its 12th annual Mortgage Technology Awards on Oct. 9

Thomas Hoenig's retirement from regulatory work was apparently short-lived.