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Posted May 21, 2026

DE/SAR Underwriter

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No agencies or 3rd party Recruiters please. Thank you! Who we are: Cornerstone Home Lending, a division of Cornerstone Capital Bank, is a unique national home lender with a reputation of amazing service, customer satisfaction, employee retention, and happiness. We employ people who are passionately committed to Cornerstone’s Mission, Vision & Core Convictions. Our brand is known for on-time closings - a key core conviction of Cornerstone. We have successfully navigated our company through many industry cycles and changes in regulations. We honor God by using our talents to make a positive difference in the lives of our Team Members, Clients, Shareholders, Communities, and the People who provide services to us. Who we are looking for: Cornerstone Home Lending is looking for an experienced Underwriter, who will bring enthusiasm, attention to detail, and a servant heart to our team of top-tier mortgage professionals. This professional will work in a tight-knit, goal-oriented team where our Customers and Loan Officers can rely on them to ensure an accurate and quality product. Key Responsibilities: • Completes a thorough analysis of loan files to determine compliance with investor. • Evaluates the entire credit package and collateral for residential mortgage loans and ultimately ensures an investment quality loan product and creditworthiness of the borrowers and acceptability of the collateral. • Identifies potential quality loans to be held in portfolio if secondary market guidelines cannot be met. • Verifies the accuracy of all calculations. • Recommends the loan disposition, for loan amounts in excess of authority limitations, to Manager. • Maintains a working knowledge of secondary market underwriting guidelines, private investor and private mortgage insurance guidelines. • Assists with maintaining compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances by abiding by compliance program and all policies, procedures, rules and regulations. • Assists in the development of underwriting standards. • Assists mortgage production team in qualifying loans. • Aids processors, giving general guideline interpretations and answering questions on specific loan files. • Responds to post closing review and quality control audits in a timely fashion. • This is not intended be an all-inclusive list of job duties. • Multi-tasking, high volume, available to be flexible and work weekends as needed What you’ll need to be successful: • DE/SAR required • 3-5 years mortgage underwriting experience required. • Excellent documentation, organization and analytical skills, required. • Excellent oral communication skills, required. • Excellent Customer Service skills • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; analytical skills • Ability to handle frequent changes • Creative/innovative problem solver. • Confidentiality required in handling of security • Credit decisions on conforming loan documents What we offer: Because we recognize and reward hard work, we offer a competitive salary, a full benefits package, and the potential for a performance-based bonus. What to do next: If Cornerstone sounds like the place for you (and if you have the qualifications, drive, and passion to match), we invite you to become a member of our winning team! And remember, once you're a part of our Cornerstone team, we'll continue to invest in you as a valuable asset to our company. As many of our team members can tell you, there's something special about working at Cornerstone. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job