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Mortgage Master, Walpole, Mass., is expanding its presence in the Greater Hartford, Conn., market by opening up an office in Simsbury.

Grandbridge Real Estate Capital promoted Jon E. Boone to senior vice president and head of asset management.

The Mortgage Bankers Association nominated Bill Emerson to be its vice chair for the 2014 membership year.

Thirty-year conventional mortgage-backed securities prepayment speeds came in 3% faster in the latest month, including a surprising 6% increase in certain Fannie Mae Home Affordable Refinance Program coupons and vintages.

Richard Dorfman, the head of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s securitization group, is leaving the organization.

Steve Campbell will be responsible for overseeing all of ProVest’s technological responsibilities, including managing technology infrastructure planning and deployment.

Equity Loans has formally announced its entry into the wholesale origination sector.

The Center for American Progress appointed former Rep. Brad Miller, D-N.C., as senior fellow for economic policy.

FirstClose hired Chip Caldwell to manage the company’s Southeast territory.

JPMorgan Chase named former U.S. Treasury Department official Darius Kingsley as co-general counsel of mortgage banking.