LEADING THE WAY TO SUCCESS! - 2021 HOME POSSIBLE RISE AWARD WINNERS - Freddie Mac Single-Family
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The RISE awards showcase top Home Possible® mortgage producers who are committed to making homeownership a reality for very low- to low-income borrowers. We’re proud to partner with these dedicated organizations and individuals as they’ve gone above and beyond to support our mission to make home possible for families and communities across the country. We celebrate their efforts to expand responsible, sustainable homeownership. ACHIEVING SUCCESS AMID UNPRECEDENTED TIMES As the pandemic weighed heavily on the industry, and America as a whole, we RISE celebrate those who rose to the top in Recognizing Individuals for Sustained Excellence bringing families home. 2
MEET A FEW OF THIS YEAR’S WINNERS TO LEARN WHAT THIS RECOGNITION MEANS TO THEM AJ FRANCI EILEEN TU CLINT MORGAN MONICA MCCALLISTER RICK HOLCOMB Chief Operating Officer Vice President SVP, Chief Lending Officer VP Mortgage Origination President Gold Star Mortgage Financial Product Development Ruoff Mortgage Central National Bank Mortgage 1 Inc. Group Corporation Rocket Mortgage, LLC GREATEST GREATEST VOLUME GREATEST GREATEST FASTEST VOLUME (CORPORATE), FASTEST VOLUME VOLUME PURCHASE (REGIONAL) OVERALL GROWTH (NATIONAL) (COMMUNITY) GROWTH (CORPORATE) (COMMUNITY) “ It is rewarding for us to be “ Gold Star is proud to support “ Our clients motivate us each “ Being a Home Possible RISE award “ We are proud to be partnered recognized by Freddie Mac. It our customers on their path and every day. Our goal is to recipient affirms our commitment with Freddie Mac and be able to proves to us that the work we are to homeownership. We pride continue to find solutions that to the financial needs of our provide affordable housing to our doing to match homebuyers up ourselves on creating a transparent create a more equitable and customers by offering a variety community. We focused on our with Home Possible is exactly process and making sure they are affordable industry. We applaud of mortgage products so that relationships with our community, what we should be doing. provided with the best solution Freddie Mac’s commitment to homeownership is universally our referral partners and our lending By receiving the award, our possible for their unique needs these same initiatives.” attainable. This award means partners to continue to provide employees will be encouraged and financial future.” that the work we’re doing in our excellent service and affordable to continue to offer and sell the communities is significant and is housing to our borrowers.” Home Possible product to any making a difference in the lives applicable customer.” of our clients.” 3
HOME POSSIBLE® - YOUR 3% DOWN “ The Home Possible mortgage provides competitive affordable financing options for aspiring homebuyers. PAYMENT SOLUTION My favorite feature is being able to offer our borrowers a low down payment option with flexible sources of The Home Possible mortgage offers outstanding flexibility to fit a variety of funds on top of getting a great interest rate to offer borrower situations. With Home Possible, we’re all for helping you capitalize on them an affordable monthly payment.” opportunities to meet the financing needs of very low- to low-income borrowers MARANDA MCKEE looking for low down payment options and flexible sources of funds. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER GUILD MORTGAGE “ During such a challenging socio-economic time, it became even more important to offer affordable “ Home Possible is a valuable addition to our affordable lending product suite and helps to and sustainable financing options to clients. ensure we are able to meet the specific needs of Acknowledging the financial hardships consumers individuals and families as they navigate their path were facing and understanding client’s needs, kept to homeownership.” us close to the situation and put us in a position to LISA EKSTROM serve up solutions like Home Possible.” COMMUNITY PRODUCT MANAGER EILEEN TU U.S. BANK VICE PRESIDENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC 4
HOME POSSIBLE BENEFITS 1 At 20% equity, borrowers may cancel mortgage Borrowers can have additional financed properties. 4 insurance — reducing monthly mortgage payments and potentially saving money over the life of the loan. 2 5 The required homeownership education requirement Non-occupant co-borrowers may help can be fulfilled by taking the free, online CreditSmart® borrowers qualify for a 1-unit property. Homebuyer U homeownership education course. Many types of down payment sources are 3 6 Offers a tool for income-qualifying borrowers to acceptable, including family, employer- refinance, potentially saving money through lower assistance programs, secondary financing, monthly mortgage payments. and sweat equity. FOR MORE DETAILS REVIEW THE HOME POSSIBLE FACT SHEET. 5
HELPING CONSUMERS DURING CHALLENGING TIMES “ In 2020, while facing challenges that many had never seen in their lifetime, we focused on providing As the housing industry looks to a post-COVID climate, Freddie Mac remains outstanding customer service. Being empathetic and committed to providing liquidity and stability to the mortgage finance market compassionate as well as having consistent contact and fulfilling our mission. And the success of our mission lies in supporting with our clients was an important part of making sure you and your clients. they trusted us during an unprecedented year.” As an industry, we’ve risen swiftly to the challenges presented to us over the MONICA MCCALLISTER past year. Together, we’ll get through this time a stronger housing market, VP MORTGAGE ORIGINATION better able to serve our nation’s families. CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK “ Providing affordable product and program options coupled with homebuyer education and counseling is key to our strategy to help increase and enable sustainable homeownership among low-to- “ We believe Home Possible provides an advantage for customers looking to buy or refinance and is an moderate income communities. We’re very proud important component to nationwide neighborhood to be recognized for our progress and are eager to stabilization efforts. As such, it is essential that our do more. We look forward to continuing our work housing partners fully understand the program.” promoting financial health, educating consumers PAULA VOGEL and real estate professionals, and collaborating VP MARKET GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, with Freddie Mac to help more families achieve CORRESPONDENT DIVERSE SEGMENTS homeownership.” WELLS FARGO CERITA BATTLES HEAD OF COMMUNITY AND AFFORDABLE LENDING 6 JPMORGAN CHASE
DELIVERING SUCCESS “ The success of our Community Homeownership Commitment, including Home Possible, led us to triple our commitment from WITH EDUCATION $5 to $15B, helping 60k homeowners achieve the dream of homeownership. We perform community education outreach on the value of homeownership for financial stability and generational Freddie Mac believes in the power of homeowner education and is proud to wealth while connecting prospective clients to local affordable partner with clients who share this value. We recognize those who go above housing offerings.” KATHY CUMMINGS and beyond to promote education within their communities. SVP, HOMEOWNERSHIP SOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS BANK OF AMERICA “ Home Possible loans allow many borrowers the opportunity to buy a home that otherwise may not be able to afford a home “ Our proactive work to dispel the myth that customers need 20% down to buy a home continues and we are making a positive purchase. Between often having a lower interest rate and lower impact to help prospective homebuyers become homeowners!” PMI payment, the difference in monthly payments could be the difference between a borrower qualifying for a home or not.” MARK O’DONOVAN CEO KEVIN SWANSON, JPMORGAN CHASE VP, MORTGAGE SUPPORT MANAGER HEARTLAND BANK “ Truist Mortgage conducts various “Education is valuable in that it gives borrowers tips on how to “ Covid prevented us from in-person events, so we developed virtual training sessions so we could continue to support our mission for webinars throughout the year for manage finances to become a more successful homeowner. educating clients, team members, and partners. By using Zoom and our mortgage loan officers to learn In addition, the 3rd party education gives them peace of live webinar formats, we were able to effectively expand our reach in the details of Home Possible and mind that they are going into what might be their first home specific geographies and with specific clients. These virtual delivery the impact we have serving the purchase, with both eyes open.” options allowed flexibility with scheduling and execution to meet communities in the affordable housing space.” GREG RADDING the attendees’ needs. In these sessions, our Diverse Segments team SVP RETAIL LENDING partners with Freddie Mac for a valuable deep share of product TULU KAIFEE NORCOM MORTGAGE flexibilities, market demographic data, and opportunity. We also SVP INCLUSIVE LENDING include a Wells Fargo underwriter, who addresses any concerns STRATEGY MANAGER regarding overlays, ensuring full transparency for the audience.” TRUIST MORTGAGE PAULA VOGEL VP MARKET GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, CORRESPONDENT DIVERSE SEGMENTS 7 7 WELLS FARGO
2021 HOME POSSIBLE RISE AWARD WINNERS* Corporate GREATEST VOLUME Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group Corporation National (Overall Growth) Wells Fargo Rocket Mortgage, LLC CORRESPONDENT VOLUME JPMorgan Chase TowneBank Regional CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC HFA ADVANTAGE® VOLUME Bell Bank Mortgage Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation Ruoff Mortgage Company, Inc. Guild Mortgage Company Community Academy Mortgage Corporation Neighborhood Loans, Inc. Central National Bank NEW ORIGINATOR Lyons National Bank National Proper Rate, LLC Corporate Regional Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group Corporation KeyBank National Association WE RISE Impact Credit Union TOGETHER Community FASTEST GROWTH Northwest Bank (RECOGNIZED FOR OVERALL GROWTH, Neighborhood Loans, Inc. PURCHASE GROWTH % AND REFINANCE Motivation and caring for your clients are the LOANS) BROKER VOLUME perfect combination to drive success. Thanks National Edge Home Finance Corporation to the contributions and commitment of our Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC (Overall Growth winners, we’ve made homeownership a reality and Refinance Loan Growth) EDUCATION RECOGNITION Mr. Cooper - (Purchase Growth %) Bank of America for more than 509,000 families through Home Regional JPMorgan Chase Possible mortgages since 2015. Norcom Mortgage LendUS, LLC (Overall Growth and Rocket Mortgage Purchase Growth %) The Home Possible RISE Award program Supreme Lending (Refinance Loan Growth) U.S. Bank Truist Mortgage recognizes the achievements of clients across Community Wells Fargo six categories of performance, and a special TowneBank (Overall Growth) Heartland Bank recognition for excellence in promoting Mortgage 1 Inc. (Purchase Growth %) Norcom Mortgage education. Visit the RISE Awards webpage (Refinance Loan Growth) *Based on 2020 performance. 8 to learn more. 733441708
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