Top Lenders for 2024 Honored by PHFA
CrossCountry Mortgage recognized with top honor for second year in a row
HARRISBURG – The annual homeownership awards event held today by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency recognized its top lending partners for 2024. Helping PHFA accomplish its mission, these lenders play a key role by working with homebuyers through the application, processing, and closing of affordable home loans with PHFA.
PHFA Executive Director and CEO Robin Wiessmann honored the lending organizations, thanking them for their role in making affordable PHFA home loan products available to Pennsylvania families and individuals.
“During these challenging economic times for a lot of families and individuals, owning a home may feel like just a dream for many,” Wiessmann said. “PHFA could not do what we do without these lending partners who tirelessly promote our affordable mortgage loan options that help so many Pennsylvanians live the dream of homeownership. We couldn’t do it without them. We thank all of them for their dedication and partnership with PHFA, and I would like to personally congratulate all the winners.”
PHFA currently has 96 lending partners. The top 10 were honored during the awards celebration for their dedicated role in marketing and closing PHFA home loans in 2024. The winners received awards and framed certificates recognizing their outstanding loan performance.
The awardees are, in ranking order from number one to number 10: CrossCountry Mortgage; Mortgage America; CMG Mortgage; Jersey Shore State Bank; Movement Mortgage; Guild Mortgage Company; Howard Hanna Financial Services; Quaint Oak Mortgage; PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company; and Guaranteed Rate.
PHFA also honored other lending partners in special categories including: American Bank for Most PENNVEST Loans; PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company and Mortgage America, tied for Most Loans to Veterans; Jersey Shore State Bank for Best Pre-Closing Submissions, for Best Post-Closing Submissions and for Most Homestead Loans; CrossCountry Mortgage for Most Loans to Minorities and for Most Keystone Forgivable-in-Ten-Years Loans (KFIT); and Top Realtor went to Jarvis Sanders of Agresti Real Estate.
About PHFA
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency works to provide affordable homeownership and rental housing options for older adults, low- and moderate-income families, and people with special housing needs. Through its carefully managed mortgage programs and investments in multifamily housing developments, PHFA also promotes economic development across the state. Since its creation by the legislature in 1972, it has generated more than $18.1 billion of funding for more than 198,000 single-family home mortgage loans, helped fund the construction of 103,328 rental units, distributed approximately $289 million to support local housing initiatives, and saved the homes of more than 50,860 families from foreclosure. PHFA programs and operations are funded primarily by the sale of securities and from fees paid by program users, not by public tax dollars. The agency is governed by a 14-member board.
Media contact: Renae Hyson
717-676-0876 (cell)
rhyson@phfa.org
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