OriginPoint adds $165M Halliday-Levin team to boost West Coast mortgage presence

Chicago-based mortgage lender OriginPoint has hired top-producing loan officers Erin Halliday and Jon Levin from New American Funding, where they operated as a high-volume production team. Halliday and Levin officially joined OriginPoint — a joint venture of Rate and Compass — on July 27 as the Erin Halliday & Jon Levin Team, the company said in a news release. The pair bring a combined 50 years of mortgage experience and originate roughly $165 million in annual loan volume across all 50 states, with a focus on California and Hawaii. The move gives OriginPoint additional purchase and jumbo lending firepower in two of the country’s highest-cost housing markets, where experienced, relationship-based lenders often win business on complex scenarios and speed to close. For lenders, retaining and recruiting high-producing teams has become a primary growth lever in a sluggish origination market marked by elevated rates and tight inventory. Halliday has spent nearly 25 years in mortgage lending and has been recognized as a President’s Club member, according to the announcement. Her production emphasizes conventional, government and jumbo lending, as well as first-time homebuyer and inv...