Get to know me...
A 30-year veteran in the mortgage industry, Karen has led teams both within operations and sales with various prestigious organizations. A past underwriter and a member of an exclusive, national, credit policy panel for the nation’s #1 mortgage banker, she helped interpret investor policy changes during the industry’s most challenging financial times; and, she ran a joint venture in the Carolinas for 10 years between the country’s largest, privately owned builder and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. In 2018, Karen excitedly joined Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., a recipient of The Best Military Lender award by National Mortgage Professional Magazine and The Best Mortgage Lender for FHA Loans awarded by NerdWallet. Fairway has also earned awards for top government financing and earned accolades as a Top 100 Mortgage Company in the Nation (Mortgage Executive Magazine). In 2022, Karen received the honor of becoming a 2-time Five Star Mortgage Professional in her market and is a leading originator with North Carolina Housing Finance Agency offering affordable housing opportunities to homebuyers within her market. She lives in the Lake Norman area with her 3 children and her husband.
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What people are saying…
Nicole B
Charlotte NC
Karen was so on top of everything. She was professional, efficient and very personable. I will refer her to everyone I know that needs a mortgage or refi! Excellent service and she went above and beyond all my expectations!
Yamiles A
Conover NC
Karen’s communication was truly amazing. Any questions I had she was able to answer in a timely manner. She’s the best!
Cristina B
New Bern NC
Karen went over and beyond. Her and her team were wonderful and went over all questions we had in a timely fashion. So thankful we had her though our home buying process.
Cheyenne P
Iron Station NC
Karen is very thorough and diligent, and ensured that we knew exactly what was happening at every given moment.
Jennifer B
Maiden NC
Great communication, open easy process keeping us up to date and giving us all our best options
Rene D
Charlotte NC
Easy to reach out and help you the best she can
Hannah P
Spartanburg SC
Being a first time homebuyer I had no experience about the process. Karen was so helpful and walked us through each step. Will definitely be recommending Karen to everyone!
Christopher P
Spartanburg SC
Karen was an amazing lender, she was there through the entire process and made sure to help us every step of the way!
Ezekiel T
Cheraw SC
Excellent service Informative Patient Professional
Elmer S
Dallas NC
My overall experience was great! Karen and Linda both were amazing! The communication was excellent, they made it very easy on me. The process itself can be very overwhelming buying your first home, Linda and Karen answered any question I had and made the entire process very enjoyable.
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David Fick
Charlotte – NC
Laura is the best – we had a fantastic experience and she made everything easy and was super easy to communicate with.
Thomas Wojnowski
Fort Mill – SC
Trevor and Anthony were great to work with. Having never been through this before, they made the process very easy. They kept us informed every step of the way. I appreciated that they presented everything we needed to know in a straightforward, easy to understand way.
Julia Lovaglia
Rock Hill – SC
Tony and Michelle were very timely and responsive. They would go out of their way to help whenever we had questions or needed help! Tony especially made sure we were getting the most bang for our buck during our experience.
Julia Lovaglia
Rock Hill – SC
Tony and Michelle were very timely and responsive. They would go out of their way to help whenever we had questions or needed help! Tony especially made sure we were getting the most bang for our buck during our experience.
Julia Lovaglia
Rock Hill – SC
Tony and Michelle were very timely and responsive. They would go out of their way to help whenever we had questions or needed help! Tony especially made sure we were getting the most bang for our buck during our experience.
Julia Lovaglia
Rock Hill – SC
Tony and Michelle were very timely and responsive. They would go out of their way to help whenever we had questions or needed help! Tony especially made sure we were getting the most bang for our buck during our experience.
