Community Home Lending Advisor- Homewood, IL

Community Home Lending Advisor

Join our fun, high-energy team as a Community Home Lending Advisor in Chase Home Lending and put your exceptional knowledge and understanding of home lending products to good use by serving as your customers' chief point of contact throughout the life of the loan while the Home Lending team supports you by sharing demonstrated knowledge in this area of specialization. You will adhere to all regulatory requirements while marketing and promoting the financial products offered by Chase. You will have a unique opportunity to grow your career while making a significant impact on our business.

As a Community Home Lending Advisor in Chase Home Lending, you will join a motivated team dedicated to guiding clients to fulfilling the dream of homeownership.

Job responsibilities

• Maintain an active knowledge of Chase home lending products, as well as local housing assistance programs and grants available for down payment and/or closing cost assistance
• Promoting mortgage products to existing Chase customers and to other customers in the community you serve, continually engaging with a pipeline of customers 'not mortgage ready' for home ownership through education and counseling processes until they are ready to apply, while maintaining compliance with current lending guidelines and Chase policies
• Act as the internal and external mortgage expert, conduct productive activities that promote mortgage loan originations with external relationships in the community you serve
• Partner with the branch team, by providing training on products and services, meeting with their customers and introducing new clients to bankers for additional products and services
• Create an outstanding customer experience by utilizing centrally managed direct mail, media advertisements, cross-sell efforts, relocation programs, statement programs, Chase.com, electronic newsletters, outbound lead sourcing and other marketing efforts
• Serve as the single point of contact through the customer mortgage loan origination process while being adept at addressing customer concerns and reservations, explaining financial terms and requirements, coordinating with partners and stakeholders, troubleshooting and tackling obstacles, and tracking progress from initial engagement to application through closing

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in sales and/or real estate
• Five years of proven mortgage sales experience including strong product, credit, and mortgage process knowledge and an understanding of Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Veterans Administration (VA), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) guidelines Unique Requirements, and low-down payment products. (Regional Management approval for internal Home Lending Advisors who have been in their position for less than one year.)
• Knowledge of real estate market in local area and the ability to build new external referral sources and networks (e.g., realtors, nonprofits, community groups, civic/professional organizations required)
• Track record of customer satisfaction as demonstrated in customer satisfaction scores and customer comments
• Superior written and verbal communication skills for preparing and presenting in your community outreach when providing homeowner education and demonstrating knowledge while working with community-based nonprofits, community groups, consumer advocacy groups, and civic/professional groups.
• Intermediate Personal Computer skills in a Windows environment