ROY DUNN

With his dedication to availability and communication, Roy Dunn truly stands out in the mortgage industry. Since moving to Myrtle Beach from Virginia over 20 years ago, Roy has been serving homebuyers and REALTORS® in his local community. Roy joined Homebridge in 2008, when it was still a small company with only 40 employees. Since then, Homebridge has grown to over 8,000 people, and “I’ve been along for the ride,” Roy says. “It’s been great fun!”

The majority of Roy’s loans are conventional mortgage purchase loans, but as he points out, “One of the reasons I’ve been with Homebridge so long is because there’s so much creativity here and there are so many out-of-the-box opportunities to help people. We can do creative loans for self-employed people, people with low credit scores, and any other quirks that buyers may have in their scenario.”

As Roy says, “A big part of my business is a passion for the first-time homebuyer. I like to work with them every opportunity I get, because they are the ones I can help the most. The basis of my business has always been conversations, and first-time homebuyers really appreciate those conversations. They have lots of questions, and they seem happiest of all at the end of the process – at the closing table. They appreciate the help we give them, and our team receives compliments at the end when we’re working with them because they love the service that we give them.”

When it comes to repeat and referral business, Roy focuses his efforts on staying in touch with REALTORS®, but he also has an impressive rate of clients who come back and refer him to their friends and family. It’s easy to see why. “Communication is the #1 reason people come back,” Roy says. “The communication process we have is second to none. We have a system called ‘The Life of Your Loan’ that keeps everybody up-todate on what’s been accomplished in the process and what remains to be done. That way, everybody in the process always knows exactly what’s going on.”

Outside of the mortgage business, Roy likes to be active in his community. He is an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Myrtle Beach and has also enjoyed coaching youth sports. When he’s not working or giving back, Roy enjoys traveling with his wife and playing golf with friends.

Looking toward the future, Roy says, “My plans are to stay the course. The most important thing for me is having conversations with people, and as long as I can meet my own expectations for how many conversations I have in a day, I know success will continue to build and relationships will continue to build. I love the platform of Homebridge and the creativity it gives me. It’s a wonderful company, and I have been with it from the start. I love where I am, and I love the relationships.”