Residential Finance has appointed Rick Roque as vice president of business development. Roque is focused on expanding the company’s retail branches, and on growing business through third-party affiliates.  His new role also includes enhancing business relationships with strategic partners in the mortgage and housing industries.Click to continue

Quandis Inc. announced that Bankers Asset Management (BAM) is successfully utilizing its valuation system to streamline the company’s entire broker price opinion (BPO) process within BAM’s valuations division.  Quandis’ solution ensures that agents are of high quality, BPO orders are submitted in a timely manner, and all BPO files are complete and accurate.Click to continue

Stearns Lending Inc. has announced the appointment of John Krantz as the company’s senior vice president–controller, where he will be responsible for management and financial reporting for the combined retail, wholesale and correspondent production channels.Click to continue

VRM Mortgage Services announced the appointment of Ed Hunter as vice president of business development. Hunter will lead and direct VRM’s go-to-market strategy and execution for new business development. His responsibilities will include creating and managing the company’s strategic business development plans, identifying industry trends and helping to oversee the solution development and sale of new business lines and services.Click to continue

Greystone announced that it has been approved as a National Senior Housing Seller/Servicer by Freddie Mac to originate and service multifamily seniors housing loans nationwide. As a Seniors Housing Seller/Servicer, Greystone is one of a select number of firms approved to sell and service Freddie Mac loans for independent living, assisted living, memory care and rental continuing care properties located throughout the United States. The designation will allow Greystone to better meet the financing needs of the rapidly growing senior sector.Click to continue

FirstClose has hired Chip Caldwell to manage the company’s Southeastern U.S. territory. The addition of Caldwell helps satisfy a growing demand for FirstClose’s end-to-end settlement services offering and supporting technology solutions for use by mortgage lenders. Caldwell is a Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB) who holds extensive experience in the mortgage industry operating in an executive-level sales capacity.Click to continue

Indecomm Global Services has acquired the assets of Mortgage U Inc. The acquisition will allow Indecomm to expand its learning and mortgage training offerings as well as its total compliance support and consulting. Indecomm’s new mortgage learning services will be branded as Indecomm-Mortgage U. “The acquisition of Mortgage U completes a process begun over two years ago when Indecomm and Mortgage U signed an alliance agreement,” said Rajan Nair, president, Financial Services, Indecomm Global Services.Click to continue

LoanSifter Inc. has integrated with Fannie Mae’s Desktop Underwriter, giving mortgage bankers and loan officers seamless access to the mortgage industry’s leading underwriting tool from within the LoanSifter platform. A housing industry standard for underwriting mortgages, Fannie Mae's Desktop Underwriter is used by lenders to make informed credit decisions on conventional conforming, non-conforming, and government loans.Click to continue

LRES named Stephen Massien as its new vice president of marketing. In this role, Massien is responsible for business and strategy development to further improve LRES' brand awareness, organizational image and financial health.Click to continue

Ernst Publishing Company has been selected for the 2013 Best of Albany Award in the Publishers category by the Albany Award Program. According to the presenters, this award is a result of the company’s dedication and efforts to build a sustainable business in Albany. “Each year, the Albany Award Program identifies companies that it believes have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category,” the presenters said in a release.Click to continue