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About Us​

At Your Next Gig LLC, I specialize in mortgage sales recruiting with over two decades of experience connecting top-performing mortgage professionals with leading lenders and banks nationwide.

My approach is relationship-driven, not transactional, built on trust, understanding individual goals, and placing people where they'll thrive.

I've led national recruiting and branch expansion at some of the industry's most respected lenders, including Guild Mortgage, Fairway Independent Mortgage, FBC Mortgage, loanDepot, Caliber Home Loans, and Countrywide.

Whether you're a mortgage professional exploring your next move or an organization looking to attract top talent let's connect. My goal is simple: the right people, in the right place, at the right time.

Our Specialties

Loan Officer

Connecting high producing loan officers with competitive lenders and supportive platforms.​

Branch Manager

Helping experienced leaders grow teams, expand branch networks, and enter new markets.​

Executive​ Search

Assisting mortgage companies looking to grow their retail footprint by identifying key talent and market opportunities.​

Retail Expansion

Sourcing top-level mortgage executives and leadership talent for national and regional mortgage companies.​

Mortgage Talent Moves weekly hiring report April 15 2026 with business team meeting and city skyline highlighting mortgage recruiting trends and leadership changes

Mortgage Talent Moves: Weekly Hiring Report – April 15, 2026

Mortgage Industry News
April 15, 2026•3 min read

Weekly mortgage hiring report: executive appointments at Better and Class Valuation, Movement Mortgage's Midwest surge, Citywide's expansion push, and 2026 recruiting trends.

Introduction

The past week in mortgage recruiting reinforced a theme that has been building since the start of 2026: lenders are shifting out of the defensive posture of the last two years and competing aggressively for producers, operations leaders, and growth executives. Industry surveys from National Mortgage News show more companies expect to hire or hold headcount steady this year than cut it, a notable reversal from 2023–2024. At the same time, executive reshuffles at firms like Better Home & Finance and Class Valuation signal that leadership teams are being rebuilt for a market that rewards automation, data, and disciplined scaling.

Notable Hires and Leadership Moves

  • Loveen Advani – CFO, Better Home & Finance.
    Former Zeta Global finance executive joins to support Better's next phase of operational scaling.

  • Chris Flynn – COO, Class Valuation.
    Elevated from Chief Data Officer, Flynn now leads enterprise operations, product, and automation.

  • Robert Coomer – Chief Growth Officer, Citywide Home Mortgage.
    Promoted to drive national expansion and the firm's charter branch partnership model.

  • Movement Mortgage – 27 LOs added in Midwest.
    Including 10 boomerang hires; the region has doubled in size over 2.5 years with 30% volume growth.

Company Expansions or Layoffs

CoStar Group(owner of Homes.com) is cutting roles as it rolls out AI-driven workflows,
a reminder that adjacent real estate adtech cuts ripple into mortgage marketing channels. On the growth side,Citywide and Movement are visibly expanding, while Radius Financial Group is hiring experienced underwriters and Deephaven Mortgage has an open nationwide search for wholesale AEs. No major WARN filings from top-20 lenders surfaced this week.

Recruiting Trends and Insights

  • The hire/layoff cycle is breaking.
    Companies are recruiting with more discipline on comp and branch economics. Boomerang hires are a meaningful share of the flow.

  • Non-QM and specialty lenders are outpacing agency shops in hiring operations and wholesale talent.

  • Data and growth roles are entering the C-suite.
    Class Valuation's CDO-to-COO move and Citywide's CGO seat both signal that recruiting-engine design is now an executive competency.

Industry Analysis

The pool of displaced talent from 2022–2024 is largely absorbed. The next wave of growth has to come from winning producers who already have a seat somewhere else, a longer game that requires consistent outreach and warm relationships built months before a recruit is ready to move. The firms that win treat recruiting as a year-round pipeline, not a quarterly scramble. Movement's Midwest results didn't come from a job posting, they came from staying in touch with the right 300 producers until the timing was right.

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Conclusion

The next few months will separate mortgage companies that treat recruiting as a function from those that treat it as a strategy. Expect more CGO and COO-from-data appointments, more non-QM staffing ramps, and a continued thaw in production-side hiring through Q2 2026.

Sources


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