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BayCoast Mortgage Appoints Nicholas L. Christ President, CEO

Feb 11, 2025
BayCoast President and CEO Nicholas Christ

Veteran mortgage lender takes the helm to drive innovation

Full-service lender BayCoast Mortgage, based in Swansea, Mass., has promoted Nicholas L. Christ as the company’s president and CEO. 

Christ graduated from Brown University with a degree in Business Economics. He joined BayCoast Mortgage during the summer of 2015 and, “has excelled at residential mortgage lending for decades.” Prior to joining BayCoast he worked as a loan officer for Home Loan Investment Bank and Embrace Home Loans, both based in R.I., according to his LinkedIn. 

Christ has also completed programs with the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Wharton and the Wharton Leadership Program.

Carl Taber, Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer at BayCoast called Christ’s promotion a “pleasure,” and added, “His comprehensive knowledge of the mortgage industry, combined with his dedication to serving our community, demonstrates his commitment to helping our neighbors achieve their homeownership goals. Our entire lending team congratulates Nicholas on his well-deserved promotion.”

As president and CEO, Christ will develop new talent and products while expanding the Bank’s lending throughout its market area.

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Kathryn Fitzpatrick is an associate editor at NMP.
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