CMG promotes John-Robert Martinez to lead reverse business in the East

CMG Financial‘s reverse mortgage division has welcomed John-Robert Martinez as regional manager of reverse for the eastern U.S., effective Monday.

The news was confirmed on LinkedIn by Sean Kirksey, CMG’s vice president of reverse mortgage.

“Anyone who has worked with John knows how much this is earned,” Kirksey wrote. “He has been our top-producing reverse LO since the day he joined CMG, and he’s become one of the most trusted resources on our team.

“In this position, John will be focused on supporting our retail loan officers with everything they need to grow in the reverse space. His leadership, consistency, and commitment to doing things the right way make him the perfect fit.”

Before joining CMG, Martinez worked for Liberty Reverse Mortgage, a dba of PHH Mortgage Corp., from 2020 to 2022 as its reverse mortgage sales manager, according to his LinkedIn bio.

Martinez has a year-to-date production volume of $12.30 million, all of which is tied to reverse mortgage, per Modex.

As a company, CMG’s year-to-date reverse production totals $224.87 million, according to Modex. Data from Reverse Market Insight shows that CMG ranks 21st in the country in the past year for endorsements of Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs).