Career moves

We're counting down this year's Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the first segment of the list!

The results of the 2016 Top Producers Survey reflect a year of booming business for loan officers, both in terms of the dollar volume and number of loans reported by each loan officer, as well as the tremendous response to the survey itself.

Radian Group's Clayton Holdings hired Brian Wornow to be senior managing director of lending services as the mortgage-information unit seeks more business from Wall Street firms.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has not named a permanent deputy director since July. Given the contentious political battle over Richard Cordray's recess appointment and ultimate confirmation by the Senate in 2013, some former officials say it may wait until after the election to make a choice. Here's why.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Feb. 26.

Mechanics Bank in Walnut Creek, Calif., has entered the residential mortgage market and hired a banker to lead the new loan group.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is building a U.S. mortgage-bond trading team as tough lending conditions in Japan spur the nation's biggest bank to expand overseas.

Ocwen Financial has tapped Phyllis Caldwell to become its new chairperson.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Feb. 19.

Caliber Home Loans has named former CitiMortgage head Sanjiv Das as its next chief executive.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Feb. 12.

Ted Tozer, president of the Government National Mortgage Agency wants more hands to monitor the growing number of nonbank MBS issuers.

Walter Investment Management Corp. has named David Schneider as president of servicing and originations at Ditech Financial.

The nonbank mortgage sector ended 2015 with 12,300 more full-time employees than in December 2014.

Genworth's U.S. mortgage insurance business earned $179 million in 2015, but the parent company lost $615 million as it still has problems with its long-term care insurance product.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Feb. 5.

The final deadline for all Top Producers Survey responses is here. All entries must be submitted online by 6 p.m. EST Monday, Feb. 1.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Jan. 29.

American International Group's Donna DeMaio, who has management duties for several different segments of insurance, was designated to stick with the mortgage-guaranty subsidiary that the company plans to exit, CEO Peter Hancock said.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Jan. 22.