REO

RealtyTrac,a real estate online marketplace and provider of housing data, announced the hiring of real estate and technology specialist Samantha Tino as VP of sales for the RealtyTrac Network.

ValuTrac, a software solutions company catering to the appraisal management and mortgage lending industry, hired Hank Pruett as VP of sales. Pruett has nearly 25 years' experience in appraisal management, title issues, and client relations and is knowledgeable in all types of appraisals, both residential and commercial. [COLUMN_BREAK] knowledgeable in all types of appraisals, both residential and commercial.

The national field services company AIM Your Way, LLC/America's InfoMart, Inc., welcomed two industry veterans to its executive management team. Anthony Golden has been named president and Todd Pawlinski was brought on as EVP of operations.

Financial Asset Services, Inc. announced the addition of Jeanee Chapman as national sales director for the Irvine, California-based asset management and appraisal management company. Chapman brings more than 15 years' experience in REO sales and operations management to her new role.

Compass Real Estate Services, a subsidiary of Compass Property Services, announced the appointment of industry veteran J. Glenn Hollis as EVP and regional manager. Compass Real Estate Services is an exclusive cooperative of brokers, providing real estate services to institutional and consumer clients throughout the Southeast United States.

Vacant Property Security (VPS), a firm specializing in securing and maintaining both residential and commercial properties, announced the latest addition to its security offerings: the A/C Fortress III, an A/C and copper anti-theft solution.

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), one of the nation's fastest-growing wholesale lenders, has good reason to celebrate going into 2014: The company was ranked on MortgageStats.com as the No. 1 wholesale lender in the country for the third quarter of 2013. It was the first time the lender was able to take the top spot for wholesale origination volume in its history.

First Financial Bancorp is now serving the Fort Wayne, Indiana, market following the company's hiring of commercial and residential mortgage teams in the area. The bank expects to add its full line of consumer products and services in Fort Wayne over the course of the year.

The information technology company Dhandhania Infotech (DhanInfo) is expanding its business process outsourcing (BPO) operations to meet growing demand from U.S. customers for its real estate- and mortgage-related services. The India-based company assists corporations with staff-centric tasks such as property preservation data entry, real estate virtual assistants, and search engine optimization for Internet marketing.

Trulia, an online marketplace for homebuyers, sellers, and real estate professionals, announced it is now an industry partner for the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO), a nonprofit group dedicated to standardizing real estate data in order to promote accuracy and consistency within the industry. The company's own VP of industry services, Alon Chaver, has joined RESO's board of directors, effective January 1.