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Five Star Conference Celebrates 2024 Women in Housing Award Recipients

Appraisal Buzz

In 2019, Gaines joined Insight One Solutions as Chief Client Officer, Executive VP of Business Development and Government Relations. In 2002, Gaines co-founded Claims Recovery Financial Services (CRFS), a prominent investor and government claim services provider, which she initially established from her kitchen table.

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USAA Federal Savings Bank cuts 130 positions in real estate lending 

Housing Wire

In August, the bank issued pink slips to an undisclosed number of employees in human resources, client advising, information technology, according to the outlet. The outlet reported 90 positions were eliminated in March amid projections of a decline in origination volume.

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Xactus hires Joseph Peterson as CFO

Housing Wire

There, he oversaw global finance, human resources and technology for the public company of 2,000 employees. Peterson helped Sagent grow its revenue by more than 40% and served a key role in launching a mortgage servicing platform. Prior to his time at Sagent, he was an executive vice president and CFO for National Response Corp.

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How Ai Tech is Reshaping Appraisal Success

Appraisal Buzz

AI Agents: Your Strategic Partners in Appraisal Excellence To illustrate just one way how AI can be a game-changer in your business, below is a snapshot of a few of the custom AI agents we’ve developed for our clients. AI HR Manager/Advisor: A custom AI agent to help streamline your human resource management.

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How Blend plans to survive a shrinking mortgage market 

Housing Wire

The Nima Ghamsari-led fintech is doubling down on its long-term strategy to offer a complete digital origination journey for clients. ” Blend is reducing general and administrative expenses in human resources, finance, and legal, but decided not to cut costs related to engineering and product development.

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Kim Beaulieu Promoted to Director of Human Resources

Lamacchia Realty

Lamacchia Realty announced at its monthly company updates on Wednesday that Kim Beaulieu has been promoted to Director of Human Resources! This promotion comes roughly a year after Kim transitioned to the role of Human Resources Manager. Director of Human Resources. “I Kim Beaulieu. Jackie Louh. No Comments.

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Cenlar FSB taps co-CEOs to replace Greg Tornquist

Housing Wire

Chief Operating Officer Rob Lux was named co-CEO for operations, technology, business development, client management, human resources, and legal. Dave Applegate, a board member since 2020, has been named the company’s chairman. year over year, according to Inside Mortgage Finance data.