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Planet Home Lending Opens Denver Branch

Mar 26, 2018
Planet Home Lending has launched a new digital mortgage assistant, Skymore by Planet Home Lending, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to make home loans easy, convenient and fast

Planet Home Lending LLC has opened its first retail lending branch in Denver, Colo., to be managed by mortgage industry veterans Derrick Strauss and Wes Tool. The two have nearly 40 years of combined mortgage experience.
 
"I expect the Denver community will be very pleased to have access to Planet Home Lending, as the company offers the loans homeowners here need," Strauss said. "Planet Home Lending offers everything from low down-payment FHA and USDA mortgages for first-time homebuyers right up to million-dollar home loans with no mortgage insurance for move-up buyers. We also have a lot of experience working with armed services members who want to take advantage of their VA home loan benefits."
 
The Denver branch will also include Loan Officers Daniel Brennan, Fabbiana Progar, and Joshua Saenz, aided by Loan Officer Assistants Darlene Zbanek and Jaren Thomas.
 
"Strauss and Tool are the perfect industry experts to manage Planet Home Lending's expansion into Denver," said Mike Lee, Planet Home Lending's Senior Vice President of National Production. "They're a dynamic team known for delivering value to homeowners."


 
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