Sprout Mortgage, a non-QM originator and lender, has promoted Samuel Bjelac to executive vice president to lead Sprout’s national TPO sales channel. He will take on an expanded leadership role as he continues to grow the business among wholesale mortgage brokers and correspondent lenders.
In his past position as senior vice president of the non-QM wholesale and correspondent business channels, he led a sales team focused on aggregating non-QM/non-agency residential mortgages and business purpose investment property loans. His strategic leadership and execution will continue to connect even more mortgage professionals and their clients with Sprout Mortgage solutions. The Sprout Mortgage solutions include jumbo/super jumbo up to $10 million, DSCR and no-ratio investment loans, self-employed borrowers/bank-statement loans, foreign nationals, as well as non-warrantable condos and more.
“I am thrilled to continue cultivating a team of talented mortgage professionals to grow our Sprout Mortgage TPO channel by providing incredible products, technologies and services for our mortgage industry partners. The future of Sprout Mortgage is promising as we continue on our path to becoming a top-ten national mortgage originator,” notes Bjelac.
Bjelac has over 20 years of experience in the residential mortgage and financial services industries in both production and management capacities. Prior to joining Sprout Mortgage, he served as vice president of wholesale lending at CoreVest American Finance and was divisional vice president at Carrington Mortgage Services. He also held key roles at Flagstar Bank, First Magnus Financial and Prudential Financial.