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Highlighting its strategic plans, Consumers National Bank cited its strong technology partners as the keys to successfully launching its mortgage unit.

Releasing the results of the financial institution's board elections, the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York has announced updates to its directorship. Through the bank's electoral process, appointees were named for two independent director positions and two member director positions, from New Jersey and New York respectively.

Most famous for her real-life role as Charlie Sheen's third ex-wife, actress Brooke Mueller has put her home in Tarzana, California, on the market for $3.55 million, attempting to flip the property one year after purchasing the 0.62-acre estate. According to RealEstalker, Mueller bought the posh pad from former Spice Girl member Mel B for $3 million, which was $159,000 less than the singer and her husband paid for the abode in 2009.

Genworth Financial, Inc., has appointed an independent director as part of the company's strategy to rebuild value for shareholders. Naming the former CEO and director of Freddie Mac to the board, Genworth added David M. Moffet to fill the new position.

StreetLinks Lender Solutions LLC has both a new division and a new product to show off.

North Carolina-based FMI has released the results of its 2013 U.S. Markets Construction Overview, and the company is heralding more than $1 trillion in construction-put-in-place (CPIP) by 2014. Noting near-term projections, FMI stated that CPIP is anticipated to hit $826 to $884 billion to end 2012, with the growth rate remaining slightly ahead of gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates in 2013.

Continuing to show the recovery from Superstorm Sandy, first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell 25,000 to 370,000 for the week ended December 1, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists expected 380,000 initial claims filings. The previous week├â┬ó├óÔÇÜ┬¼├óÔÇ×┬ós report was revised upward to 395,000 from the originally reported 393,000.

In the wake of the Thanksgiving scandal that made her mansion in the Hollywood Hills somewhat infamous, Oscar-winner Halle Berry has put the palatial pad on the market for $15 million.

Releasing the company's most recent Real Estate Index, Winans Investments is declaring that housing's bear market is over. Tempering the survey's positive findings, however, the company's economists emphasized that changes in tax laws could slow or stop the market's recovery trends.

Trulia, a leading online real estate marketplace operating out of San Francisco, announced the appointment of industry veteran Alon Chaver as VP of industry services. Chaver most recently served as the co-founder and CEO of iHomeFinder, serving brokers and multiple listing services (MLSs) across the country for more than 15 years.