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eLEND hires Roman Ramora as chief technology and innovation officer

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Roman Ramora has joined eLEND as chief technology and innovation officer, moving into the newly expanded role effective May 4, 2026. In the C-suite position, Ramora will lead eLEND’s technology strategy, including the buildout of its digital lending platform and broader innovation roadmap, the company announced. eLEND, legally known as American Financial Resources (AFR), is sharpening its […]

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Reverse Focus co-founder Shannon Hicks to join HighTechLending

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Reverse Focus co-founder and longtime HECMWorld editor Shannon Hicks announced Thursday that he will leave the reverse mortgage technology and media firm on May 1 to become chief content officer at HighTechLending. Hicks has spent the past 15 years helping to build HECMWorld into an education and marketing platform focused on Home Equity Conversion Mortgages

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Cotality hires Jason Nicosia to lead national real estate solutions

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Cotality has hired residential real estate and proptech veteran Jason Nicosia as senior principal of national real estate solutions, the company announced Thursday. In the senior leadership role, Nicosia will serve as a strategic adviser to Cotality’s enterprise real estate clients, helping align the company’s data and technology products with clients’ long-term business goals and

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Friday Harbor adds Schilling, Stayton to bolster lender-facing teams

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Seattle-based Friday Harbor, an AI-powered mortgage underwriting platform, has hired two mortgage industry veterans, naming Kate Schilling as director of sales and Melina Stayton as customer success manager, the company announced Monday. Schilling brings more than 13 years of mortgage experience to the newly created sales role. Stayton adds nearly 15 years of banking and

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New American Funding adds One Goal Mortgage

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New American Funding (NAF) expanded its Midwest footprint with the launch of One Goal Mortgage powered by NAF, a new branch serving the Omaha, Nebraska, metro area and southwest Iowa, the company announced this week. The move gives the California-based independent mortgage lender its first physical branch presence in Nebraska. The One Goal Mortgage team

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RenoFi hires Brandon Silvia to drive renovation lending growth

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Philadelphia-based RenoFi announced Wednesday that it has hired Brandon Silvia as executive vice president and national production leader, moving to the renovation financing platform from top-10 U.S. mortgage lender Rate. Silvia will oversee all sales and production operations nationwide, with a mandate to scale volume, grow RenoFi’s originator network and boost adoption of its artificial

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Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group hires Gregory S. Richardson as CRO

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Gregory S. Richardson has joined Virginia-based Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group as chief revenue officer, the company announced Thursday. In his new role, Richardson will lead enterprise revenue strategy and alignment across production, capital markets, product development and institutional investor relationships, according to a press release. Richardson brings more than 35 years of mortgage banking and

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Citywide Home Mortgage promotes Robert Coomer to chief growth officer

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Citywide Home Mortgage, an affiliate of top-10 U.S. mortgage lender Rate, has promoted Robert Coomer to chief growth officer, tasking the veteran executive with accelerating the lender’s national expansion and branch partnership model. Coomer joined Citywide in April 2024 as executive vice president and director of sales strategy and growth, according to a company press

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NFM Lending adds South Carolina producer Phil Crescenzo Jr.

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Phil Crescenzo Jr., a high-producing loan officer in South Carolina, is joining NFM Lending. The move was announced Friday on social media by NFM managing director Greg Sher. Crescenzo comes to NFM after a two-year stint as Southeast division manager for Nation One Mortgage Corp. His prior experience also includes roles as a producing branch

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Ninja Selling’s Larry Kendall has a daily reset for real estate pros

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Real estate agents and brokers are bombarded daily with headlines predicting the industry’s next upheaval. Let it go, says Larry Kendall, founder of Ninja Selling, because most of that noise sits firmly outside of your control. While it’s important you keep up with current headlines, Kendall believes real estate professionals and brokers should take a

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