FLORENCE, SC — Motion Mortgage, the nation’s sixth-largest retail mortgage lender, is worked up to announce the addition of mortgage officer Kevin Medlin to its workforce serving the South Atlantic Area, together with the Florence neighborhood.
Medlin (NMLS #857816) brings with him 21+ years of residence financing expertise, having not too long ago served native homebuyers and actual property brokers as department supervisor/VP of mortgage lending at Assured Fee. Beforehand, he was a mortgage officer at Finance of America Mortgage and held comparable positions at First Federal and BB&T, now Truist.
“I moved from Charlotte on the age of three and except for 5yrs in Memphis, TN, Florence has been my residence ever since,” mentioned Medlin. “I really feel like I used to be put right here to assist make the dream of residence possession a actuality for households on this nice group.”
Medlin began his profession as a financial institution teller and finally held a number of totally different positions inside retail banking. “I then turned buddies with a house mortgage originator who thought I’d be an excellent match for his or her workforce,” remembers Medlin. “I used to be hooked as quickly as I realized how you can correctly spell ‘mortgage!’”
Whereas Motion Mortgage had been on his radar since 2018, numerous circumstances led Medlin down a distinct path.
“I’m very grateful for what I realized about course of efficiencies in my earlier function, however one thing was lacking,” admits Medlin. “My definition of success is totally different immediately than it as soon as was.”
Ultimately, Medlin concluded that being on the high of a stack rating and serving a higher goal whereas originating don’t must be mutually unique. “I now not really feel like I have to compartmentalize my religious values and hold them separate from my profession,” he added.
“Motion seems to have discovered the answer to mix the 2 and nonetheless be capable of execute with a excessive degree of success. That isn’t one thing we see every single day, and I need to be part of it!”
In his new function, Medlin will report back to Regional Director David Colgan (NMLS #118435). “It’s not usually that you’ve got an opportunity in enterprise to work with one of the gifted professionals in a metropolis,” mentioned Colgan. “When Kevin selected to align his enterprise with Motion, I used to be extremely honored and excited to get up and to work for him every day. We’re thrilled that he’s right here, and it speaks to the power of our present workforce that we will appeal to expertise like him to our group. Merely put, he makes us higher.”
Medlin lives in Florence along with his spouse, Kim, daughters (Addison and Emma) and sons (Caleb and Noah). Bentley, a miniature schnauzer, guidelines the household. When not serving to potential householders with residence financing, Medlin is {golfing}, one thing he calls a pastime solely as a result of he can’t appear to determine a option to receives a commission to do it.
About Motion Mortgage
Motion Mortgage exists to like and worth folks by main a Motion of Change in its business, company tradition and communities. Funding roughly $30 billion in residential mortgages yearly, Motion is the sixth-largest retail mortgage lender within the US Motion is finest recognized for its revolutionary mortgage course of and referable expertise, which begins with Upfront Underwriting and a seven-day mortgage processing aim. The corporate employs greater than 4,000 folks, has greater than 650 branches within the US and is licensed in 50 states. After funding its stability sheet and investing in future progress, Motion’s earnings are paid to its major shareholder, the nonprofit Motion Basis. Up to now, Motion Basis has obtained greater than $360 million of Motion revenue to spend money on faculties, inexpensive housing, communities and world outreach. For extra data, go to www.motion.com.