Career moves

Melissa Cohn has opened MC Home Loans looking to recreate the success she had at Manhattan Mortgage.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 14.

Angel Oak Home Loans has sped along its course for national expansion by adding multiple branches in North Carolina.

Wells Fargo's head of mortgage lending, Mike Heid, will retire in October. The San Francisco company will promote Franklin Codel, head of mortgage production, to succeed Heid as head of Wells Fargo Home Lending.

Austin First Mortgage uses a combination of internal and customer-facing marketing technologies to keep borrowers are engaged and informed throughout the loan process.

Employment in the mortgage banking and broker sector has grown 5.8% since June 2014.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 7.

Guaranteed Rate's Oren Orkin explains how helping real estate agents host their open houses has led to new referral relationships and increased mortgage business.

Guardian Mortgage has named a Bank of America executive to succeed Marcia Phillips as chief executive.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 31.

AssetAvenue, a marketplace lender that specializes in commercial real estate finance, announced that it has hired Peter Coleman as its chief financial officer.

Atlantic Coast Mortgage's Ashley Smith explains why keeping her referral partners happy is the key to her success as a loan officer.

RealtyTrac has named a new chief executive, as Jamie Moyle becomes chairman of the board's innovation committee, and Rob Barber will become CEO on Aug. 17.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 24.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau named Meredith Fuchs, the agency's general counsel, to fill the bureau's No. 2 leadership soon to be vacated by Steven Antonakes.

HomeTrust Bancshares has hired Kristin Powell as senior vice president and director of mortgage lending. She now holds the position alongside John Myers, who has been with the Ashville, N.C. bank for more than 30 years.

Wellington Denahan is stepping down as chief executive officer of Annaly Capital Management Inc., the largest real estate investment trust that buys mortgage debt.

Richard Green, director of the University of Southern California's Lusk Center for Real Estate, will serve as a senior FHA advisor on housing finance policy for one year.

Loan officer Eric Rotner's first boss made him understand the entire origination process, which has given him an edge against his competition.

Mortgage professional hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 17.