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Walker & Dunlop LLC said that Dale Brem has joined the company as vice president and deputy chief underwriter of its FHA finance department.

General Growth Properties Inc. appointed Michael B. Berman as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Dec. 15.

NeighborWorks America, a congressionally chartered nonprofit and one of the nation's largest community development corporations, appointed Sarah McGraw Greenberg as director of the development division.

CCG Catalyst named James Defrantz and Wes Ware as practice group managers and senior consultants to manage the risk and compliance practice of the company.

Craig Cole, a former mortgage production chief who recently retired from Union Bank, San Francisco, has launched a new consulting firm to advise clients on their jumbo lending and execution strategies.

The deadline to nominate industry professionals to serve on MISMO's residential governance committee is today.

Attorney General Eric Holder this week appointed Michael Bresnick as the new executive director of President Obama's financial fraud enforcement task force, which includes mortgage oversight.

Matt Morris, who was recently appointed as chief executive of Stewart Information Services Corp., Houston, has created an executive team at the company.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency this week hired Manoj K. Singh as principal examiner for risk, in charge of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Bank of America is continuing to lose top retail loan officers and managers to the competition, the latest departure claiming a handful of employees in the Columbia, S.C. area.