Our Core Values
We are a community of mortgage professionals who are united by the Benchmark Core Values. These values drive our culture, shape our paradigm, and have been the foundation of our success. This page is dedicated to helping you to understand who we are and what it’s like to work with a Benchmark representative.
We are not just another mortgage company. We are a community of professionals.
Relationships
At Benchmark, we place our relationships above all other things—relationships come first; all other things are secondary. Our business is founded on preserving and strengthening all current and future relationships, which are the backbone of our company. Every person we choose to align with is thoughtfully and strategically selected. The Columns of Relationships are Honesty, Loyalty, Empathy, and Commitment.

Positive Attitude
Benchmark Mortgage has made a decisive commitment to conduct ourselves with a positive attitude in all areas of our lives. we say it like this: When you reach the door to our office, walk in with a great attitude. We maintain that Attitude is everything, and it either attracts or repels. The columns of Positive Attitude are Belief, Passion, Confidence, Simplicity, and Enthusiasm.

Excellence
For us, Excellence is not merely ‘doing things well’; it is ‘doing things exceptionally well.’ At Benchmark Mortgage, Excellence is a way of thinking and of action. The Columns of Excellence are Dedication, Strategy, Knowledge, Growth, Efficiency, and Effectiveness.

Dynamic
Dynamic is the ‘twin engines‘ of Benchmark Mortgage. Creativity and Innovation is our edge, and sets us apart from the pack. The Columns of Dynamic are Creativity, Innovation, Adaptability, Marketability, and Courage.
“It is how we WOW!” – Stewart Hunter, COO
Founding Partner of Benchmark Mortgage

SUCCESS
We strive to be successful with every relationship, goal, and endeavor we experience. Success is our gauge that ensures we are headed in the right direction. We hold that teamwork, targeted goals, alignment, planning, and profitability are the columns of success.

This is Core Values based lending.
“This is so long over due, but Sally & her team are incredible! My husband and I purchased our home a couple of months ago by VA loan. We were suppose to be closing in our new home 7 days before I called Sally. Our closing had been moved 5 TIMES! Finally, after speaking with Sally we decided to switch and in LESS THAN 2 weeks, she got us closed on a loan that I truly believe would not have been closed without her help. Our home buying process started out a nightmare, and turned into a breeze with the help of Sally and her team. Now, we have been in our home for a couple of months, and I cannot express the gratitude we have to these folks for helping make this process so smooth. Their love for veterans also meant the world to my husband! We will forever be grateful to this team!”
– Morgan Garner | via Google
“The Benchmark Team was fantastic to work with – extremely responsive, professional and knowledgeable. We completed two mortgage transactions in a short time frame and we couldn’t have done it without this team. Scott was exceptional. The constant communication with us and our realtor was instrumental in helping us to get the property we wanted in a very dynamic market. We highly recommend Benchmark.”
– Shay Mustafa | via Google
“Sally and her team have went above and beyond anything I have ever seen in a lender! They fought for my sweet clients every step of the way and were always available for anything we needed. Sally and her team were crucial in every step of this process – from getting our offer accepted to the closing table. You could not ask for a better lender than Sally! Forever grateful to her & so thankful I trusted her with my clients. They could not have been in better hands.”
– Sierra Arnett | via Google
