Mortgage
banking
executive
and
industry
mergers
&
acquisitions
advisor
Rick
Roque
has
taken
a
new
executive
position
at

NFM
Lending.

Roque
will
lead
NFM’s
retail
growth
strategy
as
corporate
vice
president
of
retail,
NFM’s
Managing
Director
Greg
Sher
announced
on
LinkedIn
on
Friday.

“Your
thoughtful
leadership,
data-driven
market
perspective,
and
unwavering
support
of
mortgage
and
housing,
helps
to
ensure
we
will
continue
to
conquer
the
many
mountains
ahead,”
Sher
wrote
in
a
social
media
post.
“Looking
forward
to
seeing
what
we
can
do
together.”

Roque’s
arrival
at
NFM
comes
just
a
few
months
after
he

joined

Sierra
Pacific
Mortgage
as
executive
vice
president
of
retail.
Prior
to
joining
Sierra
Pacific,
Roque
spent
about
a
year-and-a-half
at

CrossCountry
Mortgage
and
a
year
at

New
American
Funding.

Roque
co-founded
M&A
and
retail
mortgage
banking
firm Menlo
Co. in
2009
and
has
also
worked
in
the
mortgage
technology
space.

NFM,
meanwhile,
is
among
America’s
largest
originators
and
has
captured
headlines
through
its

Influencer
Division.
According
to
Modex,
the
Maryland-headquartered
independent
mortgage
bank
has
originated
about
$5
billion
over
the
last
12
months.
NFM
is
licensed
in
49
states
and Washington,
D.C.
Its
subsidiaries
include Main
Street
Home
Loans, BluPrint
Home
Loans, Elevate
Home
Loans and Element
Home
Loans.

According
to
data
from Scotsman
Guide,
NFM
was
the
21st-largest
lender
in
the
country
last
year,
originating
nearly
15,600
mortgages
with
an
aggregate
volume
of
$5.62
billion.

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