Correspondent Mortgage Banking

Through our correspondent mortgage solutions, Merchants Bank provides personalized training, direct contact with our underwriting team, different levels of processing, and mortgage loan servicing to help with your correspondent mortgage lending needs. As a correspondent mortgage banking provider since 1992, we believe in hands-on customer service, because talking one-on-one to a correspondent mortgage lending specialist is the best way to get your questions answered.

Free Training

Part of our service promise to you as your correspondent mortgage partner is the availability of free training for your mortgage lending staff. Our regular training and networking opportunities allow our mortgage correspondents to learn from us and each other.

Local Market Knowledge

With Merchants Bank locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin, we understand better than other providers the opportunities and challenges mortgage lenders face. Plus, our underwriters have a good working knowledge of rural area properties.

Strict No Solicitation Policy

We understand the value of your customer relationships, so we will not solicit your mortgage loan customers for any other banking services. Our commitment to helping you grow your business makes us different than other mortgage lending partners.

Loan Programs

We offer a full array of mortgage loan options through our correspondent mortgage program:

Conventional loan programs
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
Veterans Administration (VA) home loans
Rural Development loans
Manufactured home financing solutions

What Does Merchants Bank Offer?

We provide customizable services to meet your needs, including:

Delegated Underwriting
Non-Delegated Underwriting
Relationship Lending

Merchants Bank’s involvement in processing, underwriting and closing document preparation helps your bank offer a wide range of competitively priced mortgage loan products to fit your customer’s needs, with customizable service to meet yours.

A Partner with Financial Strength

All of the service provided by the correspondent mortgage program for Merchants Bank comes with the backing of the financial strength of our parent company, Merchants Financial Group, Inc.:

Based in Winona, MN, since 1875
We are a more than $2.7 billion community bank.
Community banking presence with offices in 19 communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin
We have a mortgage servicing portfolio over $2.6 billion and more than 20,000 mortgage loans.
We serve banks and credit unions in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.

Contact Julie to learn more about our correspondent mortgage program.

Julie Pearson

Account Executive

Phone: (507) 494-0540
Email: Email Julie

What Our Partners Say...

Merchants Bank is very accommodating to our needs and help with questions throughout the whole process of the loan to make sure our customers are being taken care of. We have had a 22-year partnership with them and hope that continues for many years to come!

Heather Eischen

Vice President/Mortgage Banker, Pioneer Bank

I appreciate the dedication, professionalism, and the commitment to service that Merchants Bank offers to Pioneer Bank in our mortgage relationship. Customers have told us they are very well taken care and they’ve expressed their happiness with the service they receive from the servicing department at Merchants Bank. We look forward to our continued mortgage relationship with Merchants Bank in the future.

Jennifer Wiens

Vice President/Mortgage Banker, Pioneer Bank

Our Merchants Bank correspondent mortgage partnership has given us the opportunity to succeed since the very beginning. The Merchants team ensures that our lenders and customers are top priority throughout the entire loan process. The communication, dedication, service and guidance they provide is always outstanding. We look forward to our continued success and partnership with Merchants Bank for years to come.