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Union Home Mortgage adds two executive leaders

Housing Wire

Ohio -based UHM promoted Brian Smith to chief operating officer of retail lending and hired David Alonzo as its chief technology officer. Smith joined the company in 2002 and quickly became a top producer, earning a spot in the UHM President’s Club for his standout origination volume and customer service efforts.

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Homestar names Gurp Bhandal EVP of national production

Housing Wire

Prior to HOMESTAR, he served as the executive vice president of retail production at AmeriSave Mortgage Corporation and area lending manager roles at Citi. The company was established in 2002 in Georgia. Bhandal’s professional career spans more than 20 years in financial services.

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Mortgage Bankers Association Taps Laura Escobar as Chair for 2025

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She has served as president of Lennar Mortgage, the mortgage lending subsidiary of Lennar Corp., Escobar joined Lennar Mortgage in 2002 as branch manager. Escobar is a 37-year mortgage industry veteran, She has held leadership positions with both bank-owned and independent mortgage companies overseeing all aspects of mortgage banking.

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Exclusive: CrossCountry Mortgage CEO Ron Leonhardt talks AmCap acquisition, future targets

Housing Wire

Leonhardt said that AmCap employees will participate in a two-week training program at CCM, with the integration expected to be complete in 45 to 60 days. AmCap, founded in 2002, is a much smaller lender. 10, AmCap had only 43 sponsored LOs due to some having already transitioned to CCM. As a result, CCM had 4,200 in total, per NMLS.

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Why home-price growth is still up 18% year over year

Housing Wire

This means all those men and women since 2012 who have been saying its housing 2008 all over again on their YouTube , Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets simply don’t have the proper training to talk about housing economics. However, we haven’t had a credit sales boom like the one we saw from 2002-2005.

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