Market Commentary
Francine Tracey Makes the Move:
February 21, 2012 | Posted by: Francine Tracey
After many years as an independently licensed mortgage broker, and four years as a franchisee of Mortgage Architects, I have decided to make a change. After much thought and deliberation, I am joining Grant and Debbie Thomas’s team at The Mortgage Group as a franchisee office: TMG The Mortgage Group Metro-West. This combined with my license at HQ Real Estate services will allow me to provide a level of service to my clients which is unprecedented in the industry. Commercial Real Estate services combined with many years of financing experience will optimally help my clients and referral sources, particularly those through the broker and realtor channels.
I have known Grant and Debbie for many years and in fact, worked as an employee of The Mortgage Group when I first started my career. They have always been good friends and I have followed this organization throughout my career. I have respected and admired their business and marketing focus through both high growth and challenging times.
The Mortgage Group deal centre will provide invaluable local service to me and my clients by assisting with doing my client reviews and calling my clients to be sure they are in the right mortgage for their needs. Over the years I have had limited time to devote to this and now with the TMG Deal Center on my side, my clients will hear from me more often and can be assured that their mortgage is the right fit in any given economic cycle.
I have also negotiated with TMG to provide commercial real estate services to their mortgage brokers. For those brokers who have clients in need of finding new office space, commercial land, to develop, lease, sell, or purchase a property, or to purchase or sell a business, I can assist them with their referrals and help them increase their portfolio revenue during these highly competitive times.
Please bear with me as I work on changing my signage and website information. It is difficult to recreate websites etc into new graphics and we are in the process of transitioning all of our marketing materials from Mortgage Architects Metro-West to TMG The Mortgage Group Metro-West.
I continue to thank all of my clients and licensed colleagues for their loyalty and referrals. I will continue to assist Mortgage Brokers with their difficult financings, particularly in the area of Commercial financing, and through my real estate license I bring on a new list of investor clients that can help in the way of joint venture or co-ownership for deals that are too shy on equity to qualify for straight up mortgage financing.