HomeStreet Bank, Seattle, is in the throes of hiring dozens of loan officers who worked at MetLife Home Loans and anticipates that in time it will hire north of 160 workers.
A spokeswoman for the thrift told National Mortgage News that the lender likely will wind up with at least 100 LOs working in the states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
“It's still early but a lot have been hired already,” she said.
Those joining HomeStreet include former MetLife Home Loans Pacific Northwest regional sales leader Rose Marie David; regional builder division manager Anthony Grasst; and district sales leaders Natalie Overturf and Jeff Schaller.
In early January MetLife Inc., the parent company, announced it would shutter its forward lending unit, throwing 4,300 mortgage workers out of work.
In the ensuing weeks a dozen or so banks and nonbanks have stepped in to hire many MLHL full timers, including Caliber Funding, The Home Lending Source, and Skyline Lending.
Home Street Inc., is the bank holding company parent of HomeStreet, a stated chartered federally insured savings bank that hopes to go public this year.
