Career moves

Amir Syed, mortgage coach and social media powerhouse, worked at Lower for a little over a year helping to build out and nurture the mortgage lender's origination team.

Recruiting veterans urge originators to track their future employer's pricing for a longer period of time, and to seek more details about the firm's culture.

Kind Lending has big plans to grow its retail channel and is signaling this by putting industry veteran Tammy Richards in charge of the operations.

Hsieh stepped down from a day-to-day operational role following a contentious proxy battle for board leadership in 2023 but remained a director.

Banosian will work with Victor Ciardelli, who remains as the president and CEO of the Chicago-based parent, Rate Cos., overseeing 15 businesses.

Popular industry expert finds home at Ingenius, ICE, Black Knight and Freddie Mac alums move to new companies and Visio Lending appoints board member as CEO.

Investment in professional development is more common than tuition reimbursement among top-ranked firms seeking to meet demand for AI-related training.

Calabria left the free-market think tank Cato Institute and is said to be at the Office of Management and Budget, reviewing multiple agencies.

Howard Lutnick's influence in housing today is primarily tied to tariffs but his firm also had a storied past in mortgages and was hit hard by the 9/11 attacks.

The Mortgage Collaborative, Lereta welcome new CEOs, Planet Financial adds retail sales, title execs, Southern Bancorp names new head of production plus more industry moves.

The Federal Home Loan Bank called the transition to special policy advisor a joint decision between the executive and board as new reviews in Washington start.

The former CEO of the Broker Action Coalition left that post after 10 months following that group's split from the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts.

The subcommittee to be chaired by Sen. Katie Britt, R.- Ala. will oversee servicing and HUD at a time when Republicans are resurfacing legislative proposals they now have more power to advance.

The organization founded in 2022 has been a vocal advocate for passage of a trigger leads bill, which was axed in a congressional spending bill in December.

A couple of influential mortgage industry veterans serve on the board of the latest company backing the new nonprofit capital-markets advocacy group.

The former president of the servicing giant stepped down from his previous role in early 2024 but continued to hold board positions at parent and partner businesses.

James Whitlinger, Freddie Mac single family chief financial officer, has served as the company's interim CFO since Christian Lown's departure at the end of June.

The Loan Store welcomes a former Flagstar exec as Calque, Proof and Flueid name new chief revenue officers in this roundup of mortgage industry moves.

The CapitalW Collective supplements the work other organizations do by addressing the educational needs of women and others in the specialized portions of the mortgage business.

The senior vice president who played a key role in instituting an industry scorecard passes on some insights with future relevance as she prepares to depart.