Real Estate Loan Assistant I

Overview:

The primary function is to assist the Real Estate Loan Originator cultivate external referral relationships for the purpose of originating mortgage loans and capturing additional membership for the credit union while providing high quality service. This position will be responsible assisting the Loan Originator with all facets of mortgage lending including taking high quality loan applications, pulling credit, structuring loans in a beneficial, prudent, and responsible manner while ensuring loans meet secondary market guidelines and/or credit union policies while building the Real Estate Loan portfolio.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist Real Estate Loan Originator with reaching out to the Real Estate community to cultivate, maintain and secure referral relationships for the purpose of originating mortgage loans and capturing additional membership for the credit union while providing high quality service. This would include but not limited to reaching out to Realtors, builders, financial planners, networking groups, other lenders, and the Real Estate originators sphere of influence
• With the guidance of the Loan Originator the Jr Loan Officer will manage his/her own pipeline from application through origination
• Interview loan applicants
• Evaluate credit worthiness
• Originate loan documentation.
• Adhere to secondary market and mortgage insurance guidelines and credit union policies.
• Preliminarily approve or deny loan applications based on secondary market guidelines.
• Maintain confidentiality in all Credit Union and member matters.
• Follow safety and security rules and regulations.
• Comply with state and federal Real Estate lending laws.
• Present a positive image of the Credit Union to members through a professional appearance and courteous attitude.
• The preceding duties and responsibilities are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive as other duties may be required and assigned.

Qualifications and Education:

• 5+ years of secondary market mortgage lending in a financial institution is preferred
• Previous sales experience preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and problem solving skills.
• Knowledge and ability of basic personal computer operations, fundamentals of Real Estate lending concepts and practices, basic Real Estate math calculations and state and federal laws governing consumer and Real Estate lending.