Home Financing Center Opens New Downtown Fort Lauderdale Office

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Oct. 21, 2013 - PRLog -- Home Financing Center, the largest independent locally-owned mortgage lender in South Florida, has opened a new location in Broward County to better serve customers in the tri-county area. The new Fort Lauderdale office with 4,000 square feet is located at 500 East Broward Blvd., Suite 122, in the Broward Financial Center.

“The Broward office is located in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale, is easily accessible for customers from I-95 and has plenty of convenient parking,” said Claudine Claus, President/CEO of Home Financing Center. “As a community, hometown mortgage lender, our relationships with customers are based on trust, honesty and integrity. Customers enjoy doing business with us because we are locally based.”

Home Financing Center offers a variety of residential mortgage loans including fixed-rate mortgages, adjustable-rate mortgages, jumbo loans for luxury homes and condominiums, loans for first-time buyers, reverse mortgages and investment property loans. As a family-owned lender, Home Financing Center works side by side with local employers on Employer Assisted Housing Programs, which assist employers attract and retain crucial personnel. The company also partners with local developers on affordable housing lending programs for low income homebuyers and first time homebuyers.

During the last three decades, Home Financing Center has grown to a staff of over 60, has closed in excess of $3 billion in residential mortgage loans since its founding 29 years ago and has a $700 million loan servicing portfolio which they retain and service locally.

Home Financing Center is an approved mortgage lender for several federal housing and mortgage agencies including FHA, VA, Fannie Mae (Preferred Lender status), and Ginnie Mae, which allows mortgage lenders to obtain better pricing for their mortgage loans in the secondary market. They are also a local lender for HARP 2 financing.

As a benefit to customers looking for one-stop shopping convenience, Home Financing Center offers a variety of services for customers such as personal and commercial insurance products through Benefit Life Insurance; title insurance through Home Title Agency; and private mortgage insurance through TLC.

Home Financing Center is the Official Mortgage Provider of the University of Miami Hurricanes and to the customers of banks and many leading south Florida credit unions.  Active in the community, Home Financing Center supports many organizations including Habitat for Humanity, the Junior Orange Bowl Committee, Friends of the Everglades, the Rotary Club of Coral Gables and the Sierra Club.

Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Coral Gables, Home Financing Center is the largest independent and privately owned mortgage lending institution in South Florida. The female-owned, family managed institution serves the entire community as a residential mortgage solutions provider. For more information, visitwww.homefinancingcenter.com.