NDHFA’s Champion of Affordable Housing Awards recognize and celebrate the work of individuals who have made exceptional contributions to affordable housing in North Dakota.
Categories
Homeownership awards honor the loan officers, financial institutions, and real estate agents that partner with the agency to provide its homeownership programs.
- Excellence in Homeownership Partner Award and Outstanding Homeownership Partner Recognition recognizes production volume, loan performance and outstanding program delivery.
- Keys to Homeownership Impact Award and Keys to Homeownership Impact Recognition is based on loan officer production volume, loan quality and best practices.
- Keys to Homeownership Impact Award and Keys to Homeownership Impact Recognition is primarily based on Real Estate Agent loan production.
Recipients
- 2025 Homeownership Awards
- Excellence in Homeownership Partner Award – Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation and Gate City Bank
- Outstanding Homeownership Partner Recognition– – First International Bank and Trust, Town & Country Credit Union and First Community Credit Union
- Keys to Homeownership Impact Award, Loan Officer – Aaron Stoneberg of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation and Lisa Thuner of Town & County Credit Union
- Keys to Homeownership Impact Recognition – Greg Dean of First Class Mortgage, Brianna Tabor of First Community Credit Union and Katie Stockert of Guild Mortgage
- Keys to Homeownership Impact Award, Real Estate Agent – Olivia Wellenstein of Continental Real Estate in Dickinson and Samantha Vigness of Realty One Group Caliber in Williston
- Keys to Homeownership Impact Recognition – Tammy Glasser of RE/MAX Integrity Realty in Dickinson, Amy Rogers of Brokers 12 in Minot and Heather Stromme of Century 21 Morrison Realty in Bismarck.
- Excellence in Homeownership Partner Award – Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation and Gate City Bank
Previous Categories and Recipients
- Excellence recognizes best practices and outstanding program delivery.
- Performance, Loan Officer is based on loan production, best practices and outstanding program delivery.
- Performance, Real Estate Agent is primarily based on loan production.
- 2024 Homeownership Awards
- Excellence – First International Bank & Trust and Gate City Bank
- Performance, Loan Officer – Aaron Stoneberg and Greg Dean
- Performance, Real Estate Agent – Olivia Wellenstein and Aruna G. Hagen
- 2023 Homeownership Awards
- Excellence – First Community Credit Union and Gate City Bank
- Performance, Loan Officer – Aaron Stoneberg and Pam Montee
- Performance, Real Estate Agent – Olivia Wellenstein and Aruna G. Hagen