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Amerisave Mortgage Corp., Atlanta, said that Ed Abufaris has been named president.

Taylor Capital in Chicago is no longer looking to sell its mortgage banking operation.

RECOVCO, a national due diligence firm and mortgage quality control and valuation service provider, named former Digital Risk executive Randy Lightbody as its new CEO.

The company is using proprietary automation to support the channel. Jeff Walsh, who formerly was involved in another wholesale startup, heads the new operation.

Wingspan Portfolio Advisors promoted Eshna Ghosh to the newly created position of senior vice president for business development.

Jose Gonzalez, the first Hispanic president of a Federal Home Loan Bank, envisions eventually allowing new categories of lenders like REITs to join the system, but wants membership to stay as it is for now.

Paul Bognanno, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines

Mark Cohen took advantage of referral relationships built over 29 years, along with high demand for jumbo financing in Beverly Hills, to become 2013's top originator.

The homebuilder's mortgage unit, which mostly serves new homebuyers, has acquired retail originator Pinnacle Mortgage as part of an effort to spread the mounting costs of compliance over more loans.

David Norris led Nationstar's Greenlight Loans direct lending unit and will be chief executive officer of a similar division that dominates loanDepot's business.