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Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Sept. 6.

Syracuse Securities Inc., a family-run lender and servicer in New York, is planning to wind down and transfer its outstanding pipeline to Premium Mortgage Corp.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 30.

Waterstone Mortgage hired Andy Peach as its new president and CEO, replacing A.W. Pickel III, who was terminated by the company in March.

To boost its presence in affordable housing, Synovus Bank is devoting considerable resources to training its loan officers.

Wisconsin Republican Sean Duffy routinely pushed to restructure the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and authored a bill to reform the flood insurance program.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Aug. 23.

Sheila Bair, who holds board seats at several other organizations, will sit on Fannie's compensation, corporate governance and risk policy committees.

Santander Bank's U.S. unit will be eliminating 80 mortgage-related positions as it withdraws from the third-party origination sales channel and refocuses on producing home loans through its branch network.

The agency says the "disparate impact" standard needs to be amended to align with a recent Supreme Court ruling. But consumer advocates say the change would make it more difficult for borrowers to allege discrimination under the Fair Housing Act.