Career moves

Class Valuation, a Troy, Mich.-based appraisal management company, acquired Landmark Network, which specializes in providing valuation services for reverse mortgages.

The current deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Pam Patenaude, will step down in January.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Dec. 14.

Julian Castro, a former mayor of San Antonio and Obama administration cabinet official, announced Wednesday he's setting up an exploratory committee for a 2020 presidential run.

The Trump appointee officially took over for Mick Mulvaney as head of the agency following her Senate confirmation last week.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Dec. 7.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 30.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 16.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 9.

Walker & Dunlop acquired commercial mortgage banker iCap Realty Advisors as part of its strategic plan to increase its annual originations by at least one-third in the next two years.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 2.

The housing finance agency, which is increasingly at the forefront of reform discussions, has been without a permanent chief for almost two years.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 26.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 19.

Donald Layton, who has run the mortgage giant since 2012, discussed the busy agenda leading up to his departure and says Freddie can serve as a "technical adviser" in GSE reform talks.

Ex-Ginnie Mae President Joseph Murin is among several industry veterans joining Ainsworth Advisors, a consultancy run by former mortgage banker David Lykken and former Texas Capital Bank executive Gary Ort.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 12.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Oct. 5.

Movement Mortgage, citing the continuing deterioration of the housing market, is eliminating approximately 180 back office positions on Oct. 5.

Shannon McGahn will depart the House committee next week and will join the National Association of Realtors as senior vice president of government affairs.