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Alliant National Title Insurance Company, a title insurance underwriter that partners with Independent Agents to improve their competitive position in the marketplace, recently announced the promotion of Kyle K. Rank from Chief Compliance Officer to EVP, Agency.

Stonegate Mortgage Founder and CEO Jim Cuttilo recently announced his departure from the company. He will serve as a consultant over the next six months as he transitions.

A brief on the National Mortgage Risk Index and other risk measures Monday from the American Enterprise Institute International Center on Housing Risk revealed strong results for the housing market in August 2015 as mortgage credit loosened.

The National Association of Realtors found pending home sales fell in August as contract signings modestly declined, but they still project healthy supply and demand and price growth.

Black Knight Financial Services' Data and Analytics division released its July 2015 Home Price Index report, finding that U.S. home prices were up 0.4 percent for the month, and have gained 5.3 percent from one year ago.

Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, recently announced the appointment of Dennis Hueman to SVP of Centralized Lending. In this newly created position, Hueman will lead Carrington’s mortgage lending centralized operation in all aspects of tactical management and deployment of corporate objectives to deliver superior products and services.

Irvine, California-based online real estate marketplace Auction.com has announced the hiring of Aman Kothari as its CFO and former eBay executive Kristine Chin as VP of customer engagement. ...

Mortgage, financial, and technology services provider Altisource Portfolio Solutions has announced the addition of Riccardo S. Brizzi as Chief Client Officer and Kirk G. Willison as SVP of Government and Industry Relations.

Wells Fargo has named Michael DeVito head of mortgage production, effective October 1, 2015. Devito will succeed Franklin Codel, whom will now serve as head of mortgage lending at Wells Fargo Home Lending, the company said last month.

In response to the surprise announcement of the resignation of Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Friday morning, U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) is "considering his options" as far as seeking the speaker position.