Founded in 1996
by Steve Jacobson and named by a childhood best friend, colleague and forever member of the Fairway family, Randy Cross, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation is a mortgage lender headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin and Carrollton, Texas.
1996 - 1998
04/96 - Fairway Independent Mortgage was Incorporated
09/96 - 1st Branch Opened
10/96 - 1st Funded Loan
05/98 - 1st Warehouse Line Opened
2004 - 2007
07/04 - Corporate Office Opened in Plano, TX
05/05 - 1st Underwriter Hired
08/07 - Received FHA Title II DE Lender Approval
2009 - 2010
05/09 - Reached 500 Team Members
07/09 - Received VA Automatic Lender Approval
07/09 - Received Fannie Mae Approval
04/10 - Opened Fairway's AMC, Frisco Lender Services
2012
04/12 - 1st Military Mortgage Specialist Boot Camp and Home Giveaway to a Wounded Warrior
05/12 - Received Fannie Mae Direct Seller Approval
07/12 - Licensed in 45 States
12/12 - $6+ Billion in Mortgage Volume
2013 - 2014
09/13 - Reached 1,500 Team Members
10/13 - Started Servicing Loans
04/14 - Voted the #1 Best Company to Work for by Mortgage Executive Magazine based on Loan Officer Votes
11/14 - Reached 2,000 Team Members
2015 - 2017
01/15 - Fairway established the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) giving employees stock ownership of the company
03/15 - First $1 Billion Month in Funding
03/15 - First Reverse Training
05/15 - Voted the #1 Best Company to Work for by Mortgage Executive Magazine based on Loan Officer Votes
12/15 - Funded $11.15 Billion in 2015
03/16 - Ranked #10 out of the Top 100 Mortgage Companies based on Volume by Mortgage Executive Magazine
04/16 - Licensed in ALL 50 States
04/16 - 20th Anniversary
05/16 - Voted the #1 Best Company to Work for by Mortgage Executive Magazine based on Loan Officer Votes
12/16 - Closed 2016 with $17.5 billion in funding
12/16 - Also ranking #7 in 2016 for Top Retail Lenders
9/17 - Fairway ranked #5 in the first half of 2017 among the top retail lenders.
9/17 - Ranked #8 in total retail volume (purchase plus refi) in the first half of 2017
9/17 - Reached 5,800+ employees
