Michael Blake

Drawing on experience in mortgage lending, secondary marketing, risk management, and capital markets, Mike Blake oversees and directs the secondary marketing operations as President of Capital Markets at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. Throughout his career, he has managed mortgage pipeline interest rate risk, trading, hedging, pooling, loan and servicing sales, pricing, margin management, lock desk, investor relations, product development, and agency delivery. Prior to joining Fairway, Mike was the Vice President of Secondary Marketing at a $17 billion multi-bank holding company based in Chicago, IL. Additionally, he was the First Vice President of Secondary Marketing at an $11 billion bank based in Clarendon Hills, IL. Mike has previously served as a member of the Fannie Mae Secondary Marketing Advisory Committee and on the Illinois Mortgage Bankers Association Secondary Marketing Committee. Mike graduated from the University of Dayton (BS, Finance, 1997), and received an MBA from DePaul University (Finance, 2004).