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MountainView Capital Holdings named Joseph Mevorah to head its expanding investment banking business.

Most recently, he served as an executive vice president for Solutionstar, a subsidiary of Nationstar.

FeatherStone Investment Group hired Kevin Blaser to take charge of the securitizations of the company’s REO-to-rental portfolio.

Residential Finance has started a core services division to work with real estate brokers and homebuilders to improve the delivery of services to those constituencies.

Nicholas Racanelli has joined Mortgage Advantage as vice president of business development.

While most loan officers (including Solter) work with Realtors, very few call on architects, who also deal with buyers.

Saiyid Naqvi, recently retired as chief executive of PNC Mortgage, has become the newest member of the board of directors of Freddie Mac.

Thomas Weldon Egan, who served as president of the Connecticut Mortgage Bankers Association from 2006 to 2008, died Aug. 2 at the age of 65.

Advantage Title said that Christine Favara has rejoined the company as senior vice president and national and international transaction counsel.

President Obama has nominated Federal Reserve Gov. Sarah Bloom Raskin to be the new deputy secretary at the Treasury Department.