Mortgage Brokerage Franchise Network Honored at National Awards Ceremony

DENVER, Feb. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Motto Mortgage held its third annual awards ceremony during its Motto MILE Summit this week at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, honoring top leaders of the Motto Mortgage network. The Motto Mortgage Awards & Recognition Program recognizes outstanding achievements, exceptional service, leadership and high productivity.

"The network achieved extraordinary successes in 2019 and I sincerely congratulate all of this year's Motto Mortgage award recipients," said Ward Morrison, president, Motto Franchising, LLC. "I am proud of our entire network for all their accomplishments over this past year and look forward to continued growth in the years ahead."

One-hundred seventy-one awards were announced at the ceremony including: Broker Owner of the Year (Scott and Renee Comey, broker owners, Motto Mortgage Elite, Snohomish, Washington), Rookie of the Year (Christine Truong, loan originator, Motto Mortgage Plus, Houston Texas), Motto Mortgage Mission Against Hunger Community Champion Award (Mark Scuderi, broker owner, Motto Mortgage Supreme, Phillipsburg, New Jersey),  Largest Loan Originated (Mike Cornelius, Motto Mortgage Experience, Brea, California), Top Office – Volume (Motto Mortgage Plus, Chesterfield, Missouri) and Top Office – Highest Transactions per LO (Motto Mortgage Apex, Beavercreek, Ohio).

"We feel honored and humbled to be selected as broker owners of the year. For us, this is truly a team award – our amazing office is what has helped our Motto Mortgage grow," said Renee Comey, co-broker owner, Motto Mortgage Elite.

The Motto Mortgage network also celebrated surpassing more than $1.1 billion in closed loan volume and helped more than 5,000 families realize their dreams of homeownership in 2019.

Earlier this year, the Motto Mortgage brand was named to Entrepreneur magazine's 41^st annual Franchise 500® list, ranking #395 overall and first in the Miscellaneous Financial Services category*. The franchise brand was also named to the Franchise Business Review Top 200 Franchises of 2020 list**, as well as being among the top 5% of fastest-growing emerging franchises*** according to Franchise Grade®.

Motto Mortgage, a "mortgage brokerage in a box," continues to disrupt the mortgage industry by providing exceptional service, more options, transparency and convenience for consumers. This model not only creates an ancillary business for current real estate brokerage firms, but also offers opportunities for mortgage professionals seeking to open their own businesses and independent investors interested in financial services.
Each Motto Mortgage franchise is independently owned, operated and licensed.

About Motto Mortgage

The Motto Mortgage network is breaking the mold by giving the power of choice back to consumers with less jargon, more transparency, and even more options to choose from as they shop for the right home loan. With over 100 offices open in more than 30 states, Motto Franchising, LLC's unique national franchise mortgage brokerage model is the first of its kind in the United States. Created to disrupt the mortgage industry, the Motto Mortgage network is designed to connect loan originators and real estate agents to provide a seamless, personalized experience and one-stop shop for consumers. Motto Mortgage is the second member of the RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. family of brands. Each Motto Mortgage office is independently owned, operated and licensed. To learn more about Motto Mortgage, or for license information for a Motto Mortgage office, email [email protected], or visit http://www.mottomortgage.com.

*Motto Mortgage was ranked in the 2020 Entrepreneur magazine Franchise 500® and was named first in Entrepreneur's category for Miscellaneous Financial Services. Both the overall and category ranking are based on an analysis of data, including costs and fees, support, size and growth, brand strength, and financial strength and stability, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated August 2018 to July 2019 of 1,105 participating franchise systems.

**Motto Mortgage was among 307 franchise brands that participated in Franchise Business Review's survey, which included nearly 28,000 franchise owners from those brands. U.S. and Canadian franchisors with 10 or more units were eligible to participate and those that gave permission to survey franchisees in their system were included. Surveys to determine this year's top 200 franchises were conducted between June 2018 and November 2019. All Motto Mortgage franchisees open 30 days as of the closest month end were surveyed and 66 franchise owners elected to participate (approximately 50.38%). These franchise owners were surveyed on more than 33 benchmark questions about their experience and satisfaction regarding critical areas of their franchise systems, including training & support, operations, franchisor/franchisee relations, and financial opportunity.

*** Motto Mortgage is among the top 5 percent fastest-growing emerging franchises from 2017 to 2019, based on an analysis of over 2,800 franchise systems performed by Franchise Grade®, during the 36-month period ended December 3­1, 2018.

This information is not intended as an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, a Motto Mortgage franchise. It is for informational purposes only. We will not offer you a franchise in states or other jurisdictions where registration is required unless and until we have complied with applicable pre-sale registration requirements in your state (or have been exempted therefrom) and a Franchise Disclosure Document has been delivered to you before the sale in compliance with applicable law. New York residents: This advertisement is not an offering. An offering can be made by prospectus only. Minnesota Reg. No. F-8089; Motto Franchising, LLC, 5075 South Syracuse St #1200, Denver, CO 80237, 1.866.668.8649.

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