In addition to the Top Metro Lender Award, the 2023 Metro Lender Award recipients include: Metro Platinum (Lenders who originate 25 or more MFA loans) • Mia Aguilar (Guild Mortgage Company) • Marty Padilla (Waterstone Mortgage Corporation) • Steven Sheldon (Guild Mortgage Company) Metro Gold (Lenders who originate 20 or more MFA loans) • Matthew Berg (PrimeLending, A Plains Capital Company) • Sarah Gmyr-Maez (One Trust Home Loans) • Iris Guzman (PrimeLending, A Plains Capital Company) • Renee Maestas (Guild Mortgage Company) Metro Silver (Lenders who originate 15 or more MFA loans) • Amber Bennett (Guild Mortgage Company) • Eleanor Hutt (Waterstone Mortgage Corporation) • Rosa Izzi (Guild Mortgage Company) • Oscar Medrano (Waterstone Mortgage Corporation) • Ammar Nesheiwat (Primary Residential Mortgage) • Paul Parsons (CMG Mortgage Inc.) • Jason Pike (Waterstone Mortgage Corporation) • Kristi Pofahl (Guild Mortgage Company) • Chris Russo (Waterstone Mortgage Corporation) • Lynette Turpen (Primary Residential Mortgage) As part of the recognition, lenders receive a commemorative certificate and year-long recognition by having a digital badge on their listing on the MFA website. MFA’s Executive Director/CEO Isidoro Hernandez said mortgage lenders are an integral part of MFA’s homeownership efforts. “Our goal at MFA is to get New Mexicans into homes, and this would not be possible without the work of our participating lenders,” said Hernandez. “The lenders are the first step for homebuyers when learning about our mortgage assistance programs, and we are fortunate to have so many dedicated mortgage lenders around the state to help New Mexicans navigate the homebuying process. I congratulate all of the 2023 Top Lender Award recipients and thank them for what they do to help New Mexicans get into homes.” To explore a comprehensive list of MFA-approved lenders, visit housingnm.org/homebuyers/mfa-participating-lenders. For more information about any of MFA’s Homeownership Programs, please visit housingnm.org/homebuyers. John Gabaldon with Waterstone Mortgage Corporation in Albuquerque received the firstever Housing New Mexico Achievement Award. Tabitha Gallegos-Kahn with Directors Mortgage Inc. in Albuquerque was named Top Metro Lender. Nikki Sandoval-Belt with Cornerstone Home Lending in Farmington was named Top Rural Lender. The New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority announced its 2023 Top Mortgage Lender Award recipients as part of its annual lender recognition program. 13
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