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Proper Rate Names Midwest Regional Manager

Director of Events
Sep 17, 2021

Proper Rate named Tom Martin as Midwest regional manager based in the Chicagoland area. 

Proper Rate, a joint mortgage origination venture between Guaranteed Rate and @properties, named Tom Martin as Midwest regional manager based in the Chicagoland area. 

Photo of Tom Martin, Midwest Regional Manager, Proper Rate.

“Tom will be a valuable asset to Proper Rate as we continue to recruit and build top-producing teams to add to our impressive market growth,” said Dan Moran, executive vice president of Sales for Proper Rate.

Martin joins Proper Rate with 22 years of industry experience selling and managing broker and retail mortgage shops in the Chicagoland area. Throughout his career, Martin has funded an estimated $600 million in total loan volume. Martin says he is focused on building a team of top-performing professionals and growing into his own role alongside them, according to a press release.

“It’s been refreshing to move into a position that provides such incredible technology,” said Martin. “The level of support has been nothing short of amazing, and I plan to bring that same level of support to my growing team.”

Proper Rate launched in 2020 and its loan officers funded more than $1.6 billion in total loan volume in 2020, serving more than 4,400 borrowers, according to the release. The company revealed that it has already funded more than $1 billion of total volume in the first half of 2021.

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