Homeowners Financial Group opens 1st Texas locations

Homeowners Financial Group (HFG), a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based mortgage company founded in 2004, has announced its expansion into Texas with the opening of two offices in Houston and Cypress. This makes Texas the seventh state into which HFG has expanded this year.

The offices are run by co-regional managers Stacy G. London, CMC, and Christopher Viviano, who have been in the mortgage industry since 1982 and worked together since 1996.

“Stacy and Chris are well-respected in the Texas real estate mortgage industry,” said Pat Lamb, president of Homeowners Financial Group. “We are proud to add them to our growing family of ‘homies’ and look forward to helping more clients than ever with the most important purchase of their lives.”

In addition to decades of experience, the co-regional managers are licensed instructors by the Texas Real Estate Commission. They have created 11 custom elective courses that they teach to local realtors. Courses include the importance of pre-qualification, the differences between loans and how to get their loan to the closing table.

“Our specialties to this point have been realtor referred and client lending,” said Viviano. “We’re looking forward to being more active in the builder market as Houston expands into outlying planned unit developments. It’s very convenient that Homeowners Financial Group already has a builder division.” 

The HFG Houston Capital Mortgage Team includes licensed mortgage professionals Sandra Krampota, Jamie Wolf, John Dorrance and John McConn, underwriter Carmen Garcia and seasoned loan processors Watonna Batiste and Debbie Davis. Gloria Wade is the team’s administrative assistant. 

London and Viviano plan to expand their South Central region and build teams throughout Oklahoma and Louisiana.

“Our goal is to expand our team with experienced people who fit the Homeowners culture,” said London.

Homeowners Financial Group has 38 offices in 14 states and is licensed to do business in 25 states. Last year, HFG funded $1.51 billion of residential mortgages – a 36-percent increase in volume from 2015.