Jim Horgan Named President at East West Mortgage

Phil Hall

Feb 15, 2019

East West Mortgage, headquartered in Dorchester, Mass., has named Jim Horgan as its new President. Horgan was previously a Loan Officer at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., and a Regional Lending Manager at Cambridge Mortgage Group. He is also a former Director of the Massachusetts Mortgage Association.

“Jim has over 30 years of mortgage financing experience,” said Chris Anderson, East West’s founder. “That translates into his originating over a billion dollars in residential mortgages.”

Horgan said, “I’m enthusiastic about this opportunity to be part of the East West team. The company has a positive, energetic feel to it and a stated goal of writing mortgages that fit the needs of the customer.”

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