Richard Hawes

Richard Hawes is an experienced mortgage professional currently serving as a Secondary Market Mortgage Lender at First Western Bank & Trust since January 2013, specializing in VA, FHA, USDA-RD, and conventional lending products. Prior to this role, Richard held the position of Mortgage Loan Support Manager at Cascade Mortgage from October 2011 to December 2012, where management of compliance and coordination of loan files was a key responsibility. Richard also worked as a Wholesale Account Executive at Rescue Mortgage from September 2007 to May 2011 and at Homestead Mortgage Corp. from January 1999 to August 2007, focusing on FHA, USDA-RD, and conventional mortgage products while servicing banks and brokers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.