Career moves

BlackRock Inc. has named a new global head of real estate to oversee both debt and equity investment products.

MountainView Capital Holdings, Denver, on Thursday announced the hiring of Robert Wellerstein as a managing director in the firm's mortgage and fixed income sales and trading units.

Sandler O'Neill is adding two managing directors as well as three new sales professionals to its Chicago-based fixed-income group as part of an effort to strengthen its growing new-issue distribution of MBS and other fixed-income products.

Hammerhouse LLC opened a new regional office in Chicago, the company's third in the U.S., which will be managed by John Van Tassel, vice president strategic growth.Van Tassel assumes his role with seven years of experience in nationwide recruiting of mortgage production professionals.

CoreLogic hired 25-year mortgage industry veteran Arlene Hyde to the newly created position of senior vice president of strategic relationships for its Business and Information Services division.

If loan volumes are slowing, don’t tell that to TMS Funding of Milford, Conn. The nonbank residential lender recently hired six wholesale account executives and plans to hire more.

Two Chicago Bancorp executives this week acquired the charter and assets of Generations Bank, an FDIC-insured savings bank based in Overland Park, Kan., and plan to ramp up production of both residential and commercial loans.

The international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP said that Vivek K. Chavan has joined its Silicon Valley office as a shareholder in its real estate practice.Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Chavan was with Morrison Foerster LLP.

Shore Financial Services Inc., a wholesale and retail mortgage banking firm based in Birmingham, Mich., has hired Kip Kirkpatrick as its new chief executive officer.

The former chief executive of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage, Paul R. Allen, admitted to his role in what prosecutors say was a $1.9 billion fraud that included attempts to deceive the federal bank bailout program.

Industry veteran Tom Wind, who recently departed as managing director of J.I. Kislak Mortgage LLC, Miami Lakes, is expected to be hired by EverBank Financial Corp., Jacksonville, Fla., according to industry officials familiar with the matter.

Kondaur Capital Corp. appointed Mark Ferrara as managing director of its community banking group.

Industry veteran Tom Wind is stepping down as managing director of J.I. Kislak Mortgage, Miami Lakes, Fla., after just four months on the job, according to industry officials who have been briefed on the matter.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development late Wednesday named former Freddie Mac executive Robert C. Ryan acting commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration, replacing the departing David Stevens.

J.I. Kislak Mortgage LLC, Miami Lakes, Fla., on Monday named industry veteran Felix Beck as an advisor to the fast growing company.

Veteran Wall Street executive Mark Noble has joined KGS-Alpha Capital Markets LP as head of structured corporate and agency debt as the firm expands its trading platform

Tannery Brook Partners, a commercial real estate investment banking firm based in Charlotte, N.C., is joining up with Cortview Capital Securities LLC, Richmond, Va., to form a new commercial real estate platform to enhance the latter firm's product offerings.

PSM Holdings Inc., Roswell, N.M., is making its second acquisition in the Northeast in recent weeks, having entered into a letter of intent to purchase American Trust Mortgage Inc., a mortgage broker in the Boston area.

RealtyTrac hired Charlie Engel as the new director of business development, real estate.

Former Aurora Bank chief operating officer Craig Wildrick has joined due diligence and credit risk management firm Allonhill as COO.