James Ward
Branch Manager at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation · Houston, TX
NMLS ID 168854 (opens in a new tab) · verify at NMLS Consumer Access
James Ward (NMLS 168854) is Branch Manager at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, based in Houston, TX. Lists Pennsylvania and Texas on the lender page (not yet checked with the state regulator). Focus areas shown on the lender page: FHA loan, First-time buyer, Jumbo loan, New construction and Real estate investor. States 25 years of experience.
Last verified . Sources: Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation (fairway.com) and NMLS Consumer Access (license status, check live).
- 25 years experience (stated)
- 2 states
- Unclaimed profile
- Disciplinary history not yet checked
Specialties
- FHA loanlender page
- First-time buyerlender page
- Jumbo loanlender page
- New constructionlender page
- Real estate investorlender page
- Renovation loan (203k / HomeStyle)lender page
- Reverse mortgagelender page
- VA loanlender page
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Employment history
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation NMLS 2289
Current · Houston, TX · seen on lender site 2026-10-09
Disciplinary history
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About
Founder of The Ward Group at Fairway Home Mortgage. James has served clients across Texas and Pennsylvania with over 25 years of mortgage lending experience, consistently ranked in the Top 1% of Mortgage Originators in America.
Our summary of the lender page. Verified 2026-10-09.
- Credentials
- Top 1% of Mortgage Originators in America
- Source (opens in a new tab), verified 2026-10-09
- Serves
- Houston, Pittsburgh, and surrounding communities in Texas and Pennsylvania
- Source (opens in a new tab), verified 2026-10-09
- Credentials
- Hundreds of verified 5-star reviews on Google, Zillow, Experience.com
- Source (opens in a new tab), verified 2026-10-09
Sources
| Name and employer | lender site · fairway.com (opens in a new tab) | verified 2026-10-09 |
| Licensed states | lender site · fairway.com (opens in a new tab) | verified 2026-10-09 |
| Specialties | lender site · fairway.com (opens in a new tab) | verified 2026-10-09 |
| Summary | lender site · fairway.com (opens in a new tab) | verified 2026-10-09 |
| Contact | lender site · fairway.com (opens in a new tab) | verified 2026-10-09 |
| Photo | lender site · fairway.com (opens in a new tab) | verified 2026-10-09 |
| License status | NMLS Consumer Access (opens in a new tab) | check live |
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Cite as: James Ward (NMLS 168854), Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. LenDb.ai, https://lendb.ai/lo/james-ward-168854, last verified 2026-10-09.
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