In September of 2008, industry leader Kim Nelson founded a mortgage company at the height of a financial crisis, confident she could bring a better option for consumers’ mortgage experience. Starting with only ten employees, the company originated loans as a brokerage, primarily utilizing BankSouth as a warehouse line. Through this interaction, Harold Reynolds, CEO of BankSouth, and Kim began to realize both entities offered each other a complementary partnership with aligned strategic goals, vision and principals.

In February 2011, BankSouth opened BankSouth Mortgage. Today, Kim Nelson leads the bank’s mortgage company subsidiary with more than 200 employees. BankSouth Mortgage is backed by one of the top performing community banks in the nation and offers premier mortgage services. Over the past ten years, BankSouth Mortgage has worked to provide greater market coverage and comprehensive products and services, building its brand reputation on a promise of mortgage excellence.

Finalists

Atlantic Home Mortgage
New American Funding