Melissa Cohn agreed with LaCentra.
Cohn is regional vice president and mortgage banker at William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance. After graduating from Smith College in 1982, Cohn got into the mortgage business, launching The Manhattan Mortgage Company in 1985. Since then, she has achieved the following:
- grown her business into the no. 1 residential mortgage broker on the east coast with over $5 billion in yearly volume
- been nominated as a leading LO by Mortgage Women Magazine in 2023
- been nominated as a top LO in the Scotsman Guide in 2023
- attained the top-producing LO for William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance
“I always think that opportunities for women continue to expand as we see more women in senior management positions,” Cohn said. “When I had my company, the Manhattan Mortgage Company, which I had for 30 years, I promoted the women that worked for me and really worked to promote them in the industry.”
Cohn echoed LaCentra’s sentiment: “Women work as hard as men do, and there should be no distinction between men or women in our industry,” Cohn said.
“I think that we’re seeing it as we see more women leadership in the industry… I think the hardest thing that we have to do in our industry is attracting younger people into our industry. Mortgages, unfortunately, is an aging industry and we worked hard to bring in younger people.”
Source: mpamag.com