The


Mortgage
Bankers
Association
(MBA)
on
Wednesday
announced
that
Owen
Lee,
CEO
at


Success
Mortgage
Partners
(SMP),
has
been
nominated
to
serve
as
the
association’s
vice
chairman
for
the
forthcoming
2025
membership
year.

Lee’s
nomination
was
announced
by
Mark
Jones,
the
2024
MBA
chairman
and
president
of


Union
Home
Mortgage,
who
describing
Lee
as
“an
exemplary
leader
and
prominent
voice
in
the
real
estate
finance
industry.”

“For
years,
Owen
has
been
one
of
MBA’s
most
active
members,
and
I
am
confident
his
innate
ability
to
influence,
endless
energy,
and
relentless
passion
in
pushing
for
positive
change
will
lead
to
successful
outcomes
for
homeowners,
renters,
and
our
membership,”
Jones
said.

Lee
will
formally
ascend
to
his
new
role
in
October
at
the
association’s
annual
conference,
which
takes
place
in
Denver.
MBA
bylaws
dictate
that
Lee
is
expected
to
become
chairman-elect
after
serving
one
year
in
his
vice
chairman
role
and
would
become
chairman
in
2027.

Prior
to
co-founding
SMP
with
his
father
Vincent
in
2002,
Lee
served
for
five
years
as
office
manager
and
corporate
counsel
at

Professional
Real
Estate
Appraisals
Inc.
SMP
was
incorporated
in
Plymouth,
Michigan,
and
has
“closed
billions
of
dollars
of
mortgage
loans
yearly
since
2016,
is
licensed
in
42
states,
and
has
more
than
600
employees,”
the
MBA
stated.

In
addition
to
his
role
at
SMP,
Lee
also
serves
as
a
managing
member
of
title
insurance
and
escrow
services
agency

Title
Partners
LLC.

Lee
currently
serves
on
the
MBA
board
of
directors
as
co-chair
of
the
association’s
Independent
Mortgage
Bankers
Executive
Council
and
as
chairman
of
MBA’s
political
action
committee,
MORPAC.
In
that
role,
MBA
describes
him
as
“a
successful
political
fundraiser,
helping
to
advance
the
association’s
top
legislative
priorities.”

Lee
obtained
a
law
degree
from
Michigan
State
University
and
is
affiliated
with
the
state
bar
associations
of

Michigan
and

Massachusetts.
He
maintains
membership
in
both


The
Mortgage
Collaborative
and
the


National
Reverse
Mortgage
Lenders
Association
(NRMLA).

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