Former Nationstar VP Joins Stearns Lending

""Stearns Lending, Inc."":http://www.stearns.com/, a nationwide mortgage lending institution encompassing retail, wholesale, and correspondent business channels, announced the appointment of Aaron Samples as VP of strategic development.

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Samples comes to Stearns from Nationstar Mortgage Special Servicing, where he was responsible for the acquisition of mortgage servicing rights, subservicing residential loan portfolios, outsource portfolio refinance, REO financing, and outsource loan originations. While at Nationstar, he held numerous sales management positions for the company's correspondent, outside sales, inside sales, and wholesale divisions. His latest position at the company was VP of business development.

In addition, Samples has held management positions with RealManage, LLC and CTX Mortgage.

""Aaron is a welcome addition to the Stearns leadership team. His extensive knowledge of lending strategies, credit quality, risk analysis, and mortgage servicing will be vital to Stearns as we pursue new opportunities for growth of our mortgage servicing portfolio,"" said Stearns Lending CEO Brian S. Hale. ""He also brings a proven track record of success in sourcing opportunities that will further the Company's loan production capabilities across all three of our lending channels.

""Stearns is very pleased to have Aaron Samples on our team as we continue to be the employer of choice for extraordinary talent,"" Hale added.