Calm is a skill. Jordan learned it the hard way.

The story

Jordan De Jong started on the business side of mortgages — helping loan officers build referral networks and understand what agents actually need from a lender. Then he got licensed himself.

His timing was, by any normal measure, terrible. Jordan began originating loans right as rates ran up, when every first closing was slow, stressful, and full of surprises for buyers who had planned around a different market. Most people would call that bad luck. Jordan calls it the best training he could have gotten.

It taught him the thing he builds everything around now: set expectations early, communicate at every milestone, and prevent problems instead of managing them after they show up. It also taught him what real estate agents are actually asking when they size up a lender — will this close, and will I have to chase you? — and he answers both before they ask.

Today Jordan works with buyers across Minnesota and western Wisconsin — first-time buyers, move-up families, single-family homes through four-unit buildings — from Fairway Home Mortgage's Eden Prairie branch. He is a Winona State alum, licensed in both states, and the lender your real estate agent wants on the team.

Jordan · Loan Officer

why should we pick you over the bank's online thing?

Because at 8 PM on offer night, the online thing doesn't call the listing agent for you. I do. 📞