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80 CONNECTICUT Clayton Holdings Appoints Interim President Radian Group Inc. announced Wednesday that it has appointed Jeff Tennyson to serve as interim president of Clayton Holdings LLC, the company's principal mortgage and real estate services subsidiary. According to an announcement from Radian Group, Tennyson will take former President of Clayton Holdings Joe D'Urso place, effective immediately. In June 2014, Radian acquired Clayton, a provider of risk-based analytics, residential loan due diligence, consulting, surveillance, and valuation solutions. "Clayton is a leader in its industries and has provided Radian with an excellent op- portunity to grow and diversify," said Radian's CEO S.A. Ibrahim. "Given Jeff 's deep knowledge of the business, strong customer relationships and support of our talented team, I have great confidence that he will help us continue to achieve our strategic objectives and realize even greater success." Tennyson, who joined Clayton in February 2015 as COO, has been responsible for Clay- ton's U.S. business units including: Transac- tion Management, Consulting, Surveillance, Green River Capital, and ValuAmerica. In his new role, he will be responsible for the overall operating results of the company's business lines. Tennyson has more than 30 years' experi- ence in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Clayton, he was COO of B2R Finance, L.P., a specialty finance company of the Blackstone Group that provides mortgage financing for owner/operators of single-family residential rental properties. Prior to B2R, Tennyson was Chairman and CEO of Strate- gic Lending Group and Managing Director of Strategic Growth Bank. For 12 years, he was also Chairman and CEO of EquiFirst Corporation, a national non-agency mortgage lender and subsidiary of Barclays. Tennyson is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a business degree from Harding University and an MBA from Harvard Busi- ness School. VIRGINIA 15 Neighborhoods Investors Should Know About Trulia gave investors a leg up on where to look for properties with its latest Live Well maps, which highlight America's best neigh- borhoods for those looking to stay active and healthy. e index measures such aspects as the percentage of quiet streets and recreational amenities. According to the maps, the best neighbor- hood for living well in small metros, where the population is less than 1 million people, is Locust Grove, just north of downtown Char- lottesville, Va., Here, properties sell on average for $160 per square foot and the neighborhood has a Live Well score of 87. Noelridge Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, (86) is the cheapest investment on the list, with properties averag- ing $83 per square foot. Riviera-Westchester in Bakersfield, Calif., (86) sells for an average $139 per square foot; Burns Park in Ann Arbor (83) for $267 per square foot; and Campus farm in Tucson (82) for $103 per square foot. e best neighborhood for living well in mid-size cities (1 million to 2 million people) was Outer Sunset in San Francisco, which had the highest overall Live Well score of 93.6. However, it also was priciest neighborhood in midsized cities, with an average price of $623 per square foot. West Riverside in new Orleans, which came in second at 88.7, is a bet- ter deal, with its $266 per square foot average. Crestview in Austin (86) sells for an average of $262 per square foot; Driftwood in Ft. Lauder- dale (83) for $129 per square foot; and Riverwest in Milwaukee (82.5) for $86 per square foot. In large metros, the best neighborhoods Trulia found were in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Ocean Beach in San Diego scored a Live Well rating of 93, but also had a per- square-foot average of $671. L.A.'s Plaza (90), sells on average for $422 per square foot, while the city's Sunpark (89) and Beverly Center (88) neighborhoods sell for $752 and $636 per square foot, respectively. Sunset hill in Seattle closed out the top five large metro neighborhoods, scoring 87.5 on the Live Well scale and sells for an average of $334 per square foot. All neighborhoods on Trulia's list are between one and two square miles in area‒ ‒"neighborhoods large enough to have a decent number of live-well features, but small enough to actually feel like a neighborhood," according to the report. Genworth Adjusts Borrower Paid Mortgage Insurance Premium Genworth Mortgage Insurance, a subsid- iary of Genworth Financial, Inc., recently announced that it has standardized and sim- plified its Borrower Paid Mortgage Insurance (BPMI) premium structure. e company stated that the new BPMI rate card provides the clearest path forward for mortgage originations that require mortgage insurance. New Jersey Lisa G Lopez Broker of Record Home Alliance Realty 142 E. Bay Ave Manahawkin, NJ 08050 609-978-9009 (o) 609-384-5109 (c) lglopez@verizon.net www.HomeAllianceRealty.com www.LisaLopezProperties.com Connecticut Planet Realty, LLC Sales@CTREOTEAM.com 203-982-4985 cell www.CTREOTEAM.com Security • Preservation • Disposition Steve Rivkin New York Todd Yovino Broker/Owner Island Advantage Realty, LLC Metropolitan New York and Long Island's Default Specialist for Over 27 Years Todd@iarny.com | 631-820-3400 www.islandadvantage.com