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To kick off 2019, National Mortgage News is pleased to present the inaugural Best Mortgage Companies to Work For, a survey and awards program dedicated to identifying and recognizing the industry's best employers and providing organizations with valuable employee feedback.

In addition to some very intriguing insights and anecdotes about HR policies, benefits and corporate culture, executives and employees at the 37 lenders, brokers and servicers that made the list also gave us a peek into what they do to keep things fun in the office.

Check out the companies that made this year's list, then visit the Best Mortgage Companies to Work For homepage for profiles of some of the companies on the list, as well as insights and anecdotes from the survey regarding recruitment, hiring and retention.

No. 37 Mortgage Unlimited

Mortgage Unlimited
Headquarters: Garfield, N.J.
Number of employees: 29
CEO: Justin Tagliareni
www.mucloan.com

No. 36 RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corp.

RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing
Headquarters: Charlotte, N.C.
Number of employees: 664
CEO: Kevin Brungardt
www.rpmservicing.com

No. 35 Kwik Mortgage Corp.

Kwik Mortgage
Headquarters: Parsippany, N.J.
Number of employees: 46
CEO: Nishith Parikh
www.kwikmtg.com

No. 34 Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group

Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group
Headquarters: Ann Arbor, Mich.
Number of employees: 441
CEO: Daniel Milstein
www.goldstarfinancial.com

No. 33 GSF Mortgage Corp.

GSF Mortgage Corporation
Headquarters: Brookfield, Wis.
Number of employees: 169
CEO: Chad Jampedro
www.gogsf.com

No. 32 Republic State Mortgage

Republic State Mortgage
Headquarters: Houston
Number of employees: 192
CEO: Robert Wagnon
www.republicstatemortgage.com

No. 31 New American Funding

New American Funding-nmn
Headquarters: Tustin, Calif.
Number of employees: 2,963
CEO: Rick Arvielo
www.newamericanfunding.com

No. 30 Ruoff Home Mortgage

Ruoff Home Mortgage
Headquarters: Fort Wayne, Ind.
Number of employees: 608
CEO: Mark Music
www.ruoff.com

No. 29 Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions

Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions
Headquarters: Atlanta
Number of employees: 89
CEO: Mike Fierman
www.angeloakms.com

No. 28 Spring EQ

Spring EQ
Headquarters: Philadelphia
Number of employees: 102
CEO: Jerry Schiano
www.springeq.com

No. 27 Deephaven Mortgage

Deephaven Mortgage-nmn
Headquarters: Charlotte, N.C.
Number of employees: 109
CEO: Matthew Nichols
www.deephavenmortgage.com

No. 26 Bay Equity Home Loans

Bay Equity Home Loans
Headquarters: Sausalito, Calif.
Number of employees: 1,019
CEO: Brett McGovern
www.bayeq.com

No. 25 Direct Mortgage Loans

Direct Mortgage Loans
Headquarters: Hunt Valley, Md.
Number of employees: 84
CEO: Michael Naylor
www.directmortgageloans.com

No. 24 Liberty Home Equity Solutions

Liberty Home Equity Solutons
Headquarters: Rancho Cordova, Calif.
Number of employees: 157
CEO: Michael Kent
www.libertyhomeequity.com

No. 23 Embrace Home Loans

Embrace Home Loans
Headquarters: Middletown, R.I.
Number of employees: 666
CEO: Dennis Hardiman
www.embracehomeloans.com

No. 22 Premier Nationwide Lending

Premier Nationwide Lending
Headquarters: Lewisville, Texas
Number of employees: 287
CEO: Murdock Richard
www.loansbypremier.com

No. 21 Taylor Morrison Home Funding

Taylor Morrison Home Funding
Headquarters: Maitland, Fla.
Number of employees: 267
CEO: Tawn Kelley
www.taylormorrisonhf.com

No. 20 Homespire Mortgage Corp.

Homespire mortgage
Headquarters: Gaithersburg, Md.
Number of employees: 227
CEO: Michael Rappaport
www.homespiremortgage.com

No. 19 Inlanta Mortgage

Inlanta Mortgage
Headquarters: Pewaukee, Wis.
Number of employees: 266
CEO: Nick DelTorto
www.inlanta.com

No. 18 AmeriFirst Financial

AmeriFirst Financial
Headquarters: Mesa, Ariz.
Number of employees: 558
CEO: Eric Bowlby
www.amerifirstloan.com

No. 17 Thrive Mortgage

Thrive Mortgage
Headquarters: Georgetown, Texas
Number of employees: 360
CEO: Roy Jones
www.thrivemortgage.com

No. 16 M2 Lending Solutions

M2 Lending Solutions
Headquarters: Denver
Number of employees: 16
CEO: Chris Murphy
www.m2ls.net

No. 15 USA Mortgage

USA Mortgage
Headquarters: St. Louis
Number of employees: 601
CEO: Doug Schukar
www.usa-mortgage.com

No. 14 InterLinc Mortgage Services

InterLinc Mortgage Services
Headquarters: Houston
Number of employees: 439
CEO: James VanSteenhouse
www.interlincmortgage.com

No. 13 SWBC Mortgage Corp.

SWBC Mortgage
Headquarters: San Antonio
Number of employees: 574
CEO: Susan Stewart
www.swbcmortgage.com

No. 12 First Choice Loan Services

First Choice Loan Services
Headquarters: East Brunswick, N.J.
Number of employees: 494
CEO: Norman Koenigsberg
www.fcloans.com

No. 11 Radius Financial Group

Radius Financial Group
Headquarters: Norwell, Mass.
Number of employees: 118
CEO: Sarah Valentini
www.radiusgrp.com

No. 10 Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group

Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group
Headquarters: Virginia Beach, Va.
Number of employees: 825
CEO: Brian Holland
www.atlanticbay.com

No. 9 Churchill Mortgage Corp.

Churchill Mortgage Corporation
Headquarters: Brentwood, Tenn.
Number of employees: 358
CEO: Mike Hardwick
www.churchillmortgage.com

No. 8 Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation
Headquarters: Madison, Wis.
Number of employees: 6,922
CEO: Steven Jacobson
www.fairwayindependentmc.com

No. 7 Homeowners Financial Group

Homeowners Financial Group
Headquarters: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Number of employees: 340
CEO: Bill Rogers
www.homeownersfg.com

No. 6 Better Mortgage

Better Mortgage
Headquarters: New York
Number of employees: 197
CEO: Vishal Garg
www.better.com

No. 5 United Northern Mortgage Bankers

United Northern Mortgage Bankers
Headquarters: Levittown, N.Y.
Number of employees: 122
CEO: Don Giorgio
www.unitednorthern.com

No. 4 A and N Mortgage Services

A and N Mortgage
Headquarters: Chicago
Number of employees: 45
CEO: Aaron Gitler
www.anmtg.com

No. 3 PrimeLending

PrimeLending
Headquarters: Dallas
Number of employees: 2,777
CEO: Todd Salmans
www.primelending.com

No. 2 First Heritage Mortgage

First Heritage Mortgage
Headquarters: Fairfax, Va.
Number of employees: 167
CEO: Alex Wish
www.fhmtg.com

No. 1 Highlands Residential Mortgage

Highlands Residential Mortgage
Headquarters: Dallas
Number of employees: 352
CEO: Kenneth Hickman
www.highlandsmortgage.com
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