In Brief: Empire Equity Unit Adds Training Space

Empire Equity Group Inc.'s 1st Metropolitan Mortgage has expanded its headquarters' square footage by 65% to accommodate an in-house training facility.

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The Charlotte mortgage brokerage has about 250 branches nationwide, including 71 former NovaStar Financial Inc. branches that joined its network in November.

The new classroom space has 18 training stations. Training will focus on compliance, sales, and company policies and procedures. The expansion was announced Monday.

1st Metropolitan originated $990 million of loans in the first quarter, 32% more than a year earlier.


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