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Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association is getting back in to the multifamily lending business in the New York metropolitan area, starting with hiring away a team from Sovereign Bank led by Gary M. Honstedt.

Bank of America recently hired former Saxon Mortgage CEO Tony Meola as a default servicing executive in its mortgage division.

TARP inspector general Neil Barofsky on Monday gave notice that he plans to leave the Treasury Department by the end of March.

After receiving notice that he’s under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, CoreLogic Chief Financial Officer Anthony "Buddy" Piszel resigned late Thursday.

Freddie Mac chief operating officer Bruce Witherell abruptly announced his resignation from the company earlier this week, saying he was leaving for "personal reasons."

Integrated Asset Services, a Denver-based default management vendor, on Thursday named John Burnett its new chief operating officer.

Triumph Savings Bank, Dallas, this week hired industry veteran Barry Epstein to manage its new warehouse lending division, and plans to cater its effort to small nondepository mortgage bankers.

Wells Fargo & Co.'s chief financial officer, Howard Atkins, has resigned for personal reasons, the megabank announced late Tuesday. He was immediately succeeded by Wells' chief administrative officer, Timothy Sloan.

Partner Engineering and Science Inc. named Eric Correia as technical director of Fannie Mae Services.Correia, who joined the firm’s San Diego office in August 2010 as a project manager, will serve as the primary resource for Partner’s lender clients, technical staff and project managers throughout the United States.

People's United Bank, Bridgeport, Conn., late last week confirmed that warehouse lending veteran Paul Best has joined the publicly traded thrift as a senior vice president in its commercial division.