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Hammerhouse LLC opened a new regional office in Chicago, the company's third in the U.S., which will be managed by John Van Tassel, vice president strategic growth.Van Tassel assumes his role with seven years of experience in nationwide recruiting of mortgage production professionals.

CoreLogic hired 25-year mortgage industry veteran Arlene Hyde to the newly created position of senior vice president of strategic relationships for its Business and Information Services division.

If loan volumes are slowing, don’t tell that to TMS Funding of Milford, Conn. The nonbank residential lender recently hired six wholesale account executives and plans to hire more.

Two Chicago Bancorp executives this week acquired the charter and assets of Generations Bank, an FDIC-insured savings bank based in Overland Park, Kan., and plan to ramp up production of both residential and commercial loans.

The international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP said that Vivek K. Chavan has joined its Silicon Valley office as a shareholder in its real estate practice.Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Chavan was with Morrison Foerster LLP.

Shore Financial Services Inc., a wholesale and retail mortgage banking firm based in Birmingham, Mich., has hired Kip Kirkpatrick as its new chief executive officer.

The former chief executive of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage, Paul R. Allen, admitted to his role in what prosecutors say was a $1.9 billion fraud that included attempts to deceive the federal bank bailout program.

Industry veteran Tom Wind, who recently departed as managing director of J.I. Kislak Mortgage LLC, Miami Lakes, is expected to be hired by EverBank Financial Corp., Jacksonville, Fla., according to industry officials familiar with the matter.

Kondaur Capital Corp. appointed Mark Ferrara as managing director of its community banking group.

Industry veteran Tom Wind is stepping down as managing director of J.I. Kislak Mortgage, Miami Lakes, Fla., after just four months on the job, according to industry officials who have been briefed on the matter.