Nick Pakulla - Mortgage Lender Loan Officer in MD, DC, VA

It has been almost 2 years since First Place Bank has been open here in Rockville, Maryland.  Currently in Rockville we operate a mortgage lending branch where there are Loan Officers and staff (no tellers).  We offer mortgage loans in Maryland, Virginia, and DC, including areas such as Bethesda, Potomac, Silver Spring, and the Kentlands in Gaithersburg.  

First Place Bank is a $3.2 billion financial services company based in Ohio.  In total there are 41 retail and ATM locations, 2 business financial service centers and 23 lending centers.  Here in Rockville we operate one of the mortgage lending centers.  If you are in the Maryland, Virginia, DC area and are looking to obtain mortgage services First Place Bank is a great place for you.  

Here is why: First Place Bank is not like other banks.  We are a small Community Bank focused on assisting both homebuyers and the Realtor community get to closings with the least amount of stress.  We accomplish this with our local appraisal system and in-office processing, underwriting and closing.  Our local appraisal system doesn't utilize 3rd party management companies, this allows use to ensure a quality appraiser will be out to your property and they will deliver it in the required time frame.  Our complete in-office operations allow us to close files in as little as 2 weeks and have 100% accountability from a loan officer level with the ability to know the status of the file throughout the entire underwriting to closing process.    

If you are interested in what the inside of a First Place Bank branch looks like, I have posted some pictures below from a retail branch in Ohio (our office in Rockville looks a little more like a business office as compared to a bank branch):