Walpole, Mass.-based Mortgage Master is expanding its midwest production infrastructure and brand by opening a new retail branch office in Northbrook, Ill.
This is Mortgage Master's fourth retail branch office in the greater Chicago area and fifth in the midwest region, says the company. The new office will offer mortgage lending services to borrowers in Northbrook and the surrounding communities on the North Shore and entire Chicago area.
In conjunction with the opening, Mortgage Master has hired mortgage industry veterans Jorden Brok and Brett Lotsoff as co-branch managers to lead the Northbrook office.
In their new leadership roles, Brok and Lotsoff will continue to focus on expanding relationships with referral partners such as real estate agents, builders, accountants and attorneys and will work with Brian Jensen, Mortgage Master's midwest regional manager, to hire loan officers.
Brok joins Mortgage Master with over 17 years of mortgage industry experience. Most recently, he was a loan officer at 1st Advantage Mortgage in the Northfield, Ill., branch office. Prior to this position, Brok was a loan officer at Guaranteed Rate Inc.
Lotsoff brings over 21 years of experience in the residential mortgage lending industry. Lotsoff joins from 1st Advantage Mortgage, where he originated loans as a senior vice president and branch manager also at the Northfield branch. Previously, he worked at Guaranteed Rate Inc., where he originated loans as a senior vice president and branch manager. Prior to that, Lotsoff was a senior loan officer and held management positions at other mortgage companies with lending operations in Illinois.