NewRez, a national mortgage lending and servicing company, announced Aug. 18 it will more than double its employee count in Jacksonville.
The company opened a service center in Jacksonville in March as part of an asset acquisition of mortgage lender Ditech, a news release said.
The Jacksonville office will be NewRez’s fourth service center. It hired 90 former Ditech employees to staff it.
Ditech closed its Jacksonville office in January, laying off 305 employees. It leased space on the 21st and 22nd floors of the TIAA Bank building at 301 W. Bay St. Downtown. That address, formerly EverBank space, is shown online as NewRez’s Jacksonville location.
“Jacksonville has been a true partner in our ability to attract world-class talent,” Baron Silverstein, president NewRez LLC, said in the release. “With growth expected in all of our business divisions, we will be hiring a wide variety of professionals, and know we can find them here.”
NewRez will add at least 100 employees by the fall, with a possibility to add more. Positions will be in mortgage sales, loan processing, underwriting and collections. Corporate support positions include recruiting, training and information technology.
NewRez also will launch its community investment initiative called NewRez Neighborhood Outreach Works in Jacksonville. Through the initiative, NewRez makes charitable contributions and participates in community outreach.
NewRez is based in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.
JAXUSA Partnership has focused on the growing financial services sector and has announced 1,000 new jobs in the past 12 months.
“Once companies get a taste of what it’s like to work and live here, we are confident that we’ll be in the mix when it comes time to invest and grow,” JAXUSA Partnership President Aundra Wallace said. “That’s what we’re seeing here with NewRez. We appreciate their investment in Jacksonville and look forward to them being a part of our community in the years to come.”
The release did not say if NewRez would receive incentives to grow its presence in Jacksonville.