Fairway Independent Mortgage Co., a mortgage broker/banker with over 100 branches nationwide, has announced a transition from operating as an FHA nonsupervised loan correspondent to a Department of Housing and Urban Development direct endorsement lender.Fairway said the transition enables it to originate and underwrite its own loans, and to increase its Federal Housing Administration originations and get more control of the underwriting process. Fairway had been operating as an FHA nonsupervised loan correspondent, and has been originating FHA loans since its inception in 1996, but until now did not have the power to underwrite these loans. Fairway said it has had a strong quality-control plan in place for the last several years. The company can be found on the Web at http://www.fairwayindependentmc.com.
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