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EverBank Financial in Jacksonville, Fla., is opening a commercial real estate lending office in Houston.

Matt Gutauskas, who was part of the Independence/Sovereign team that came over with Honstedt, is the new managing director.

Milton Miller, the president of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, is retiring due to “medical reasons.”

CBRE Group Inc. said that Shawn Rosenthal has joined the firm’s Midtown Manhattan office as an executive vice president in the debt and equity finance group.

Mark Hammond, the former chief executive, vice president and vice chairman of Flagstar Bancorp, has become co-chairman of United Shore Financial Services.

Morrison & Foerster expanded its real estate finance practice by adding Stephen Cox of Hypothekenbank Frankfurt AG.

When John Kanas sold North Fork Bancorp to Capital One Financial in 2006, he made certain not to burn any bridges with his former employees.

Women in Housing and Finance has elected a new board of directors for the group's 2013-2014 calendar cycle.

Amherst Securities Group has brought on UBS veteran Chris McDowell as part of an effort to expand its commercial real estate finance business.

The Men's Wearhouse-George Zimmer situation should be watched by mortgage marketers.