SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 20, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Mortgage Collaborative, the industry\u2019s premier mortgage cooperative, today released year-end data on its 2016 growth. \u201cAdding 50 new lender members and 20 new Preferred Partners in 2016 met the aggressive goals established by our Board, and grew our aggregate origination volume to over $150 billion,\u201d said David G. Kittle, CMB, the Collaborative\u2019s President.<\/p>\n
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\n\u201cIn addition to these amazing gains we\u2019ve extended our partnerships with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and NAHREP, and hired two experienced professionals to support Rich Swerbinsky, our EVP of National Sales. Jen Peachman and Tom Gallucci bring valuable years of customer service experience to TMC,\u201d Kittle said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also greatly expanded our educational and peer-to-peer networking platform that offered lender, networking calls on relevant and specific industry issues,\u201d he said. \u201cAs we move into 2017 TMC will continue to expand on both our Winter and Summer conferences, both of which were resoundingly successful in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n
Based in San Diego, Calif., The Mortgage Collaborative was founded in 2013 to empower mortgage lenders across the country with better financial execution, reduced costs, enhanced expertise and improved compliance, as well as helping our members access the dynamic and changing consumer base in America.<\/p>\n
The association is managed by its founding members, John Robbins, CMB; David Kittle, CMB; Gary Acosta, CEO of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP); Jim Park, former chair of the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA). Robbins and Kittle are former chairmen of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America.<\/p>\n