Mortgage industry veteran Scott Bristol has joined Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. as senior vice president, sales and recruiting, while Brian Chick has been hired as senior vice president, area manager, and John Lowe has been hired as senior vice president, division manager.
Bristol was previously with PrimeLending for eight years, serving as president from 2014-2017, overseeing a volume increase from $4 billion to 15 billion. He also served as senior vice president of national production for Flagstar Bank from 2018-2021, where he helped return the lender to profitability as volume increased from $4 billion to $11 billion.
Chick spent the past 12 years at PrimeLending, most recently as regional manager. His team funded $2.3 billion in loans in 2021.
Lowe arrives after an eight year stint at RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corp., where he most recently was division manager senior vice president, funding more than $1 billion last year with his division ranking #1 in financial performance in the company.
A year ago, Fairway had 1,864 LOs on its team. Since then, the mortgage bank has added LOs every month, and it now employs 2,427 LOs serving communities across the country.