Rate adds top Dallas mortgage branch from CrossCountry

Rate has added a top-producing Dallas mortgage team led by branch manager Jorge Aldrete and sales manager Edgar Vazquez, who previously worked for CrossCountry Mortgage, Rate announced on Tuesday. The move brings an established team with a strong national production record to Rate‘s growing Texas presence. It also adds to the company’s recent recruiting efforts as it seeks to attract established mortgage professionals with technology and resources to expand their businesses. For Aldrete and Vazquez, the move was driven in part by Rate’s focus on Spanish-speaking borrowers. Both leaders speak Spanish, as do most members of their team, and serving the growing Hispanic homebuyer market has become an important part of their business. “We’ve built a great business, so we weren’t looking to make a move unless we believed it could meaningfully improve what we can deliver to our customers and our team,” Aldrete said in a statement. “Rate checked the boxes on technology, platform and culture, but its commitment to the Hispanic market really stood out.” Vazquez said the company’s Spanish-language capabilities will allow the team to build on its existing relationships and market knowledge. “O...