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California Credit Union Bringing EverFi Financial Literacy Platform to Los Angeles County High Schools
The California Credit Union Financial Scholars program is a web-based personal financial literacy course for high school students. The new program will be rolled out to 10 high schools in Los Angeles county starting in the fall. - September 16, 2015 - California Credit Union
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Western Regional Sales Manager
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome David Rae as western regional sales manager in San Diego, California. He has been in the industry for more than 25 years, where he has had exposure to construction loans, secondary market, non-prime lending, government agency lending and wholesale lending. He has... - September 12, 2015 - GoGSF
PrivatePlus Mortgage Receives FHA Approval
PrivatePlus Mortgage has received approval through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Direct Endorsement Program to underwrite and close FHA loans without prior HUD review. This streamlines the process for anyone seeking an FHA home loan. An FHA loan is a mortgage... - September 10, 2015 - PrivatePlus Mortgage
GSF Mortgage President Named Among 25 Most Connected Mortgage Professionals
GSF Mortgage is pleased to announce that its president, Chad Jampedro, has been named among National Mortgage Professional’s 25 Most Connected Mortgage Professionals. This list is comprised of mortgage professionals nominated by their peers based upon their influence on social media. Due to... - September 10, 2015 - GoGSF
Mars National Bank Supports Clint Seymour Play Ball Fund and Joy of the Game Baseball Camp
Mars National Bank provided water bottles for the campers at the Clint Seymour Play Ball Fund “Joy of the Game” Baseball Camp. Over 100 campers enjoyed a day of baseball instruction and fun. Neil Walker, professional baseball player and a friend of Clint, was one of the coaches. - September 10, 2015 - Mars Bank
MHY Pavilion Build Underway; Mars National Bank Helps Sponsor Leadership Butler County Project
Mars National Bank is one of many community businesses and organizations supporting the construction of a multi-use pavilion on the campus of MHY Family Services (formerly Mars Home for Youth). The Bank donated $5,000 to the project. As part of the 2015 Class of Leadership Butler County, Ryan... - September 05, 2015 - Mars Bank
Private Bank of Buckhead Renewed as SBA "Preferred Lender"
The U.S. Small Business Administration has renewed Private Bank of Buckhead’s Preferred Lender Participant status, which streamlines and expedites processes for the bank’s clients. - August 31, 2015 - Private Bank of Buckhead
Wealth DNA Radio Show Host Ron Nawrocki Discusses Bankruptcy: Investor’s Perspective on August 24, 2015 at 9:00 AM Arizona Time
Wealth DNA Radio discusses a topic that investors & savers seldom have to deal with – Bankruptcy. It’s very rare that investors file bankruptcy, but there was clearly a surge during the Great Recession. Their Guest David Knapper, Principal of Knapper Law in Phoenix, AZ specializes in Bankruptcy, Business Law, and Commercial Litigation. - August 21, 2015 - Wealth DNA radio
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Branch Manager in the Hoosier State
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Tim Powell as branch manager in Decatur, Indiana. He joins TeamGO with 12 years of mortgage industry experience. He started his career in finance and worked for a local mortgage broker. In order to develop his personal brand, he sought out a mortgage banking... - August 20, 2015 - GoGSF
GSF Mortgage Recognized Among Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies
Inc. Magazine ranked GSF Mortgage among its 34th annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy - America’s independent entrepreneurs. Companies such... - August 14, 2015 - GoGSF
PrivatePlus Mortgage Adds VP of Operations
PrivatePlus Mortgage, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, has named Mary Hardy Vice President of Operations. She has more than 10 years’ experience in the industry, with a diverse array of increasing responsibilities. “Mary’s extensive experience in each aspect of the... - August 14, 2015 - PrivatePlus Mortgage
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Military Veteran in Florida
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Michelle Chambers as mortgage loan originator in Harmony, Florida. She joins TeamGO with 12 years of mortgage industry experience; however, her passion for homeownership started much earlier. After spending seven years in the United States Army, upon honorable... - August 13, 2015 - GoGSF
George Stewart Joins Reverse Mortgage Funding as a Reverse Mortgage Specialist
George Stewart is a Reverse Mortgage Specialist for the Charleston and Hilton Head Island areas of SC. - August 12, 2015 - Yadkin Bank
Mortgage Pro with Experience in Real Estate, Financial Services Joins Rapidly Growing PrivatePlus
Julie Russell is new VP & Mortgage Banker with Atlanta-based mortgage unit of Private Bank of Buckhead & Decatur. - August 11, 2015 - PrivatePlus Mortgage
PrivatePlus Mortgage Partners with Westwood One and Charles Osgood in National Radio Expansion
Atlanta-based mortgage company gets creative in bringing mortgage news and information to consumers in 49 states + the District of Columbia. - August 10, 2015 - PrivatePlus Mortgage
California Credit Union Recognizes "Rookie of Year" Teachers with Trip to Dodgers Game
The Los Angeles Unified School District Rookie of the Year program was developed by California Credit Union to honor new teachers that demonstrated excellence in the classroom. - August 08, 2015 - California Credit Union
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Seasoned Branch Manager in Delaware
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Sandy Cline as branch manager in Christiana, Delaware. She joins TeamGO with 25 years of mortgage industry experience. After she graduated from college, she joined the financial services industry and focused on consumer lending. A few years later, she transitioned... - August 08, 2015 - GoGSF
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Military Veteran in Virginia
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Leon Story as a mortgage loan originator in Alexandria, Virginia. He joins TeamGO with 17 years of mortgage industry experience. Story will work under Stephen Trye, branch manager. Story was a member of the military for 18 years prior to joining the mortgage... - August 06, 2015 - GoGSF
GSF Mortgage Promotes Bobby Roberts to Area Manager
GSF Mortgage is pleased to announce the promotion of Bobby Roberts to Area Manager in Bolivar, Tennessee. He will be responsible for managing and developing the GSF Mortgage presence in the area. Roberts believes in one philosophy: Customers are king. Without customers, there is no need for... - July 31, 2015 - GoGSF
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Mortgage Loan Originator in St. Petersburg
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Ray Rau as mortgage loan originator in St. Petersburg, Florida. Although Rau is new to the mortgage industry, he has owned rental properties for more than 20 years. While seeking new opportunities, he joined GSF Mortgage after talking with Warren Herman, who did... - July 30, 2015 - GoGSF
Privateplus Mortgage Expands, Adding Xiaoling He
PrivatePlus Mortgage, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, has named Xiaoling He a Vice President and Mortgage Banker. Her impressive experience includes working as an engineering researcher and investment advisor. “Xiaoling’s training and experience as an engineer and her work as... - July 29, 2015 - PrivatePlus Mortgage
LAUSD Rookie of Year Teachers to be Honored at Dodgers Game
California Credit Union underwrote the Rookie of the Year event which takes place during the Dodgers-Angels game Aug. 2. - July 29, 2015 - California Credit Union
GSF Mortgage Appoints New CFO
GSF Mortgage is pleased to announce that Bruce Olster will be its new Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. In his role, Olster will maintain and develop relationships with financial partners, deal with investors that lend to the company and oversee financial reports as well as internal... - July 24, 2015 - GoGSF
Approved Mortgage Reviewed by Global Research Firm Great Place To Work®
94% of employees at the largest locally owned mortgage banking firm believe that Approved Mortgage Corporation is a great place to work according to a culture review conducted by Great Place to Work®. - July 23, 2015 - Approved Mortgage Corporation
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Marketing Manager in St. Louis
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Missy Palitzsch as marketing manager in St. Louis. She joins TeamGO with 14 years of industry experience and has previously held a real estate license. She has experience as a regional marketing manager where she managed several teams, created business plans and... - July 22, 2015 - GoGSF
PrivatePlus Mortgage Expands Team, Adding Mortgage Banker Wil Hersh
PrivatePlus Mortgage, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, has named Wil Hersh a Vice President and Mortgage Banker. He has been in the financial industry for 15 years and has lived in Atlanta more than 30 years. “Wil has the ability to quickly map out client needs and recommend... - July 21, 2015 - PrivatePlus Mortgage
Gales Joins Mars National Bank as Assistant Vice President, Retail Banking
Kristy A. Gales joined Mars National Bank as an Assistant Vice President, Retail Banking. She will be located in the Cranberry Branch Office at 20246 Route 19, Cranberry Township. She brings over a dozen years of retail banking experience, mainly serving customers in Butler and Allegheny... - July 21, 2015 - Mars Bank
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Diligent Branch in St. Louis
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Jim Donovan and his team in St. Louis, Missouri. Donovan, branch manager, joins TeamGO with 11 years of mortgage industry experience. Donovan was a member of Midwest Mortgage Capital and when MMC decided to join forces with GSF Mortgage, Donovan chose to come... - July 16, 2015 - GoGSF
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Branch Manager in Nashville
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Tim Bailey as branch manager in Nashville, Tennessee. He joins TeamGO with more than 30 years of industry experience. He started his career in the savings and loan business, where he set up veterans coming home from the war. When the company expanded their banking... - July 11, 2015 - GoGSF
Cognitive Options Group Launches “TRID Post-Consummation Variance & Changed Circumstance Audit” for the New Mortgage Disclosures That Take Effect October 3, 2015
CFPB new mortgage disclosures take effect on October 3, 2015, are your systems in place? Cognitive Options Group announces "TRID Solutions" that will provide dedicated support for clients and their partners. - July 09, 2015 - Cognitive Options Group, LLC
GSF Mortgage Bolsters Team in Florida
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Nelly D’Cruze as mortgage loan originator in Sarasota, Florida. D’Cruze joins TeamGO with 15 years of mortgage industry experience. She started working in finance due to a love of numbers and when she started a family, she decided to become a Realtor. - July 09, 2015 - GoGSF
DLP Realty Named One of America’s Top 1000 Real Estate Teams by REAL Trends and The Wall Street Journal
Bethlehem based DLP Realty ranked #14 in the nation and #1 in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. - July 04, 2015 - DLP Real Estate Capital
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Loan Officer in the Centennial State
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Jessica Bassan as a mortgage loan originator in Centennial, Colorado. She joins TeamGO with three years of mortgage industry experience. She began her career in the real estate industry where she learned about mortgages. She started working with banks to modify... - July 03, 2015 - GoGSF
Koby Luedtke Introduces Home Buying Benefits Program for Heroes
Koby Luedtke of GSF Mortgage, located in Brookfield, Wisconsin, is excited to announce his new, proprietary home buying benefit program for Heroes and service people. Home Buying 4 Heroes provides Heroes and service people with cost saving features on their home loan and reduced cost services from... - July 01, 2015 - GoGSF
Cognitive Options Group Launches “TRID Plan B Collaboration Portal” for the New Mortgage Disclosures That Take Effect on October 3, 2015
Lenders need a readiness road map to prepare themselves, their real estate partners and settlement agents to collaborate on the new Loan Estimates and Closing Disclosures going into effect on October 3, 2015. - June 28, 2015 - Cognitive Options Group, LLC
GSF Mortgage President Named Among 100 Most Influential Mortgage Executives for Second Year
GSF Mortgage is honored to announce that its president, Chad Jampedro, has been named among Mortgage Executive Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Mortgage Executives for the second year in a row. Mortgage Executive Magazine compiled the most comprehensive list of the nation’s leading... - June 26, 2015 - GoGSF
Mercantile Capital Corporation and IBERIABANK Fund $7.65 Million Expansion for Planet Bardot in Dallas, TX
SBA 504 loan is first joint project for Mercantile and IBERIABANK since merger. - June 25, 2015 - Mercantile Capital Corporation
Cognitive Options Group Announces a “TRID Regulatory Expert Resource Desk” for the New Mortgage Disclosures That Take Effect August 1, 2015
CFPB new mortgage disclosures take effect on August 1, 2015, are your systems in place? Cognitive Options Group announces a "TRID Regulatory Expert Resource Desk" will provide dedicated support for our clients and their partners. - June 20, 2015 - Cognitive Options Group, LLC
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Bilingual Loan Officer in Florida
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Yolanda Planes as mortgage loan originator in Cape Coral, Florida. She joins TeamGO with 30 years of mortgage industry experience. Planes entered the mortgage industry as a processor and moved her way up to become a FHA underwriter. As she gained knowledge of the... - June 19, 2015 - GoGSF
Mars National Bank Launches myMNB Online Suite of Services
Mars National Bank launched updated online services including myMNB Online Banking, Bill Pay, Popmoney, Mobile Banking and Business Online Banking, Bill Pay and Remote Deposit Capture. Along with a new responsive website, these online tools provide a customer-centric banking experience that works seamlessly on any device – computer, tablet or smartphone. The updated services were launched June 15, 2015. - June 18, 2015 - Mars Bank
GSF Mortgage Honored with Top Workplaces Award for Second Year
GSF Mortgage is honored to have been recognized for the second year in a row with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Top Workplaces award. Out of the 75 companies in the Top Small Workplaces category (140 or fewer employees), GSF Mortgage came in as first runner up for the “Best in... - June 16, 2015 - GoGSF
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Well-Recognized Branch Manager in Colorado
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Carla Starkie as branch manager in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Starkie joins TeamGO with more than 20 years of combined experience in real estate, title insurance and mortgage lending. She began her career as a real estate agent and worked her way up to become a... - June 13, 2015 - GoGSF
$11,000,000 - Progress Capital is Changing Neighborhoods
Progress Capital Advisors | The Funding Source was tasked with arranging an $11 Million construction to permanent loan in order to renovate a decaying Sandy damaged 52,000 SF mixed use building in Coney Island, NY. The renovation provides a clean and renewed welcoming space, improving the overall neighborhood. - June 12, 2015 - Progress Capital
Shequita Harris Added to Operations Team at Private Bank of Buckhead
Private Bank of Buckhead, which includes Private Bank of Decatur and PrivatePlus Mortgage, has added Hampton resident Shequita Harris as a Loan Operations Specialist. “Shequita recognizes that career success, particularly for our banking model, is established through long-lasting... - June 12, 2015 - Private Bank of Buckhead
PrivatePlus Mortgage Team Expands, Adds Gary Wofford as Mortgage Banker
PrivatePlus Mortgage, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, has named Gary L. Wofford a Vice President and Mortgage Banker. He brings both a depth and breadth of financial and management experience to the role. - June 11, 2015 - PrivatePlus Mortgage
Florida Capital Bank, N.A. Named Top Community Lender for FY14
The economy in Florida is on the rise and small business lending is growing. As an increasing number of small business owners across the state are looking to grow their businesses, trusted community lenders like Florida Capital Bank, N.A. are providing financial expertise to help them achieve their... - June 10, 2015 - Florida Capital Bank
GSF Mortgage Welcomes Two Regional Vice Presidents in St. Louis
GSF Mortgage is pleased to welcome Jerry Frost and George DeMare, formally of Midwest Mortgage Capital, as regional vice presidents in St. Louis, Missouri. They will be responsible for building the GSF Mortgage presence in the Midwest region. Frost and DeMare found it important to choose a company... - June 10, 2015 - GoGSF
Mathew Wolfort’s Can-do Attitude Serves PrivatePlus Mortgage Clients Well
PrivatePlus Mortgage, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, has named Mathew Wolfort a Vice President and Mortgage Banker. He has been in the mortgage business for over 20 years. “Mathew is driven to provide benefits to clients,” says Dan Smith, President of PrivatePlus. “He... - June 10, 2015 - PrivatePlus Mortgage
Credit Administration Pro Added to Private Bank of Decatur Team
Private Bank of Buckhead, which includes Private Bank of Decatur and PrivatePlus Mortgage, has added Eric Swilling, as Assistant Vice President, Credit Administration. He’ll be based out of Private Bank of Decatur, serving clients across the metro area. “Eric’s personality and... - June 10, 2015 - Private Bank of Buckhead
Privateplus Mortgage Team Expands, Adding James Brown as a Vice President and Mortgage Banker
PrivatePlus Mortgage, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, has named James Brown a Vice President and Mortgage Banker. “James takes a consultative approach with his clients,” says Dan Smith, President of PrivatePlus, “taking the time to understand their needs and goals. - June 09, 2015 - PrivatePlus Mortgage