OriginPoint adds $165M Halliday-Levin team to boost West Coast mortgage presence

Chicago-based mortgage lender OriginPoint has hired top-producing loan officers Erin Halliday and Jon Levin from New American Funding, where they operated as a high-volume production team.

Halliday and Levin officially joined OriginPoint — a joint venture of Rate and Compass — on July 27 as the Erin Halliday & Jon Levin Team, the company said in a news release. The pair bring a combined 50 years of mortgage experience and originate roughly $165 million in annual loan volume across all 50 states, with a focus on California and Hawaii.

The move gives OriginPoint additional purchase and jumbo lending firepower in two of the country’s highest-cost housing markets, where experienced, relationship-based lenders often win business on complex scenarios and speed to close. For lenders, retaining and recruiting high-producing teams has become a primary growth lever in a sluggish origination market marked by elevated rates and tight inventory.

Halliday has spent nearly 25 years in mortgage lending and has been recognized as a President’s Club member, according to the announcement. Her production emphasizes conventional, government and jumbo lending, as well as first-time homebuyer and investment property loans.

Data from RETR shows that Halliday has closed 167 loans for roughly $149 million in volume over the past 12 months, with the vast majority tied to conventional loans. OriginPoint had grown its loan officer count to 219 at the end of July, up from 183 a year ago, with a total value of $6.4 billion based on 14-month loan volume, RETR reported.

Levin has worked in mortgage for more than three decades, beginning his career in the late 1980s. He specializes in complex financing — including investment properties, debt-service-coverage ratio loans, LLC ownership structures and other nonstandard scenarios.

“Having had the privilege of working alongside Erin and Jon for many years at a previous company, I’ve witnessed firsthand the caliber of people they are,” James Elliott, president and CEO of OriginPoint, said in a statement. “They lead with integrity, kindness, and an unwavering commitment to serving others — qualities that make them exceptional leaders.

“I couldn’t be more excited to welcome Erin and Jon to the OriginPoint family and look forward to watching them reach new heights as we build the future of OriginPoint together.”

The team’s move from New American Funding to OriginPoint reflects ongoing competition among retail lenders for seasoned originators with established referral networks and experience in multiple product channels. These skill sets are particularly important in coastal markets where affordability pressures are pushing borrowers toward more customized financing structures.

This article was written by Neil Pierson and generated with the assistance of HousingWire Automation, then reviewed by a HousingWire editor before publication.