Nation's #1 VA Loan Originator Joins UMortgage
October 25, 2023

Nation's #1 VA Loan Originator Joins UMortgage
Patton Gade—the #1 VA Loan Originator and #89 Top Purchase Volume Loan Originator in the Nation, per the 2023 Scotsman Guide Rankings—announces that he has joined UMortgage as its National Director of Military Lending.
In his role, Gade will continue to originate loans while leading UMortgage’s new Military Lending Division which will strive to increase access to homebuying opportunities for members of the military community and change the narrative and negative stigmas associated with VA loans within the mortgage industry.
“I’m thrilled to join the UMortgage platform and team up with its already impressive team of VA Loan Originators,” said Gade. “Our vision at UMortgage is to educate and serve veterans through their homeownership journey with the same selfless passion in which they served our country.”
As a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he’s dedicated his career in the mortgage industry to help create life-changing opportunities through homeownership for active service members, Veterans, and their families.
Upon his arrival at UMortgage, Gade will join forces with fellow top Veteran Loan Originator and West Point alumnus, Jay Bunte, to bolster UMortgage’s VA offerings and coach its LOs to better serve Veteran homebuyers. In 2023, more than 20% of the loans originated by UMortgage LOs were VA loans. With Gade leading its Military Lending Division, UMortgage hopes to continue to increase those figures.
Bunte, who ranked #28 in the Scotsman Guide’s 2023 Top VA Volume, expressed a profound excitement to help create such a high-quality sales division purely dedicated to helping serve former and active service members and debunk preconceived myths regarding VA loans.
“It’s a privilege to have the opportunity to work with and learn from someone like Patton who has such an incredible passion for serving and educating our Veterans and active service members,” said Bunte. “There’s no shortage of misconceptions surrounding VA loans and Veteran homebuyers within our industry. The military division that we are creating will do a lot to correct those narratives and help us better serve our service members.”
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