User:Fightforsocialjustice/Sunwest Mortgage

Sun West Mortgage Company Inc. is one of the largest nationwide reverse mortgage provider for residential and commercial real estate. They specialize in helping home buyers keep their homes through several forms of assistance programs, including: unemployment assistance, mortgage reinstatement programs, principal reductions and transition assistance programs.

Founding
Founded in 1980 with the goal of helping customers find home loans to stay in their homes, or purchase new ones, Sun West also focuses heavily on reverse mortgages. Such loans provide income for seniors with existing home equity. Sun West trains employees, and has developed its own  technology, to streamline data gathering from technology-averse seniors in need.

Growth
In 2010, Sun West Mortgage created technology to streamline data collection with brokers. This new technology made for a more user-friendly experience that made it attractive to seniors and allowed for rapid growth of their mortgage backed securities.

Sun West also began a major expansion beginning with the hire of Robin Bergh in 2010. The former Wells Fargo executive role would be to lead Sun West's transition from strictly wholesale to retail and networking with local brokers to better serve communities. his transition made Sun West one of only two major lenders to offer retail services. They also opened a second headquarter in Morris County New Jersey as well as satellite offices around the east coast to provide loan service to a part of the country that had not yet recovered from the 2007 Financial Crisis. Around the same time, they opened offices around Puerto Rico extending their reach outside the continental United States. Sun West also networked with local groups, like American Assist, consolidating services to become an institution capable of servicing the full financial needs of their clients.

Philanthropy
Sun West collaborated with Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez to provide a $10,000 donation to the Forjadores de Esperanza home for children. This money directly contributed to repairs made after Hurricane Maria.