PrimeLending Welcomes Dan Yribar (NMLS: 192027) as Tucson Branch Manager

Lender to Open New Location in Southern Arizona

DALLAS (August 24, 2015) -- National residential mortgage lender PrimeLending, a PlainsCapital Company (NMLS: 13649), and subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTH), announced today that Dan Yribar has joined PrimeLending as the Tucson Branch Manager. Dan is joining to expand the company’s reach into Southern Arizona by opening PrimeLending’s first full service branch in Tucson, Arizona at 3777 E Broadway Blvd.

Yribar expects to open the doors of this new branch mid-September. "I am very excited to join PrimeLending and roll-out the company’s exceptional One-Time Close construction loan and extensive renovation loan portfolio in the Tucson market,” Dan Yribar stated, “With PrimeLending’s simple builder registration process and the ability to lend on everything from an escrow hold-back for a new pool to a luxury custom new home build, we will soon be the lender of choice for small to mid-size builders in Southern Arizona.”

“Dan brings an extraordinary breadth of experience and infectious enthusiasm to the PrimeLending family,” Dawn Robinson, Senior Vice President, PrimeLending, stated. “We look for servant leaders who understand the industry and have a track record of growing profitable branches, and Dan is a perfect fit."

With more than 25 years of experience in the mortgage industry, Dan has held positions as a processor, a wholesale representative, a loan originator – where he ranked among the Top 200 Originators in the country for several consecutive years, a branch manager, and most recently as a regional manager with Fairway Independent Mortgage. Dan’s entire 25 year career has been in the mortgage banking industry, beginning with his first job at Chase in 1990. Dan moved to Arizona in 1986 to attend the University of Arizona and ultimately made Tucson his home.

Dan, an Honorary Commander for Davis Monthan Air Force Base, is joined at PrimeLending by his wife, Heidi Yribar, former VP of Marketing for Fairway, who will now serve in the capacity of Production Manager for PrimeLending in Tucson. Heidi will support Dan’s loan origination team in its marketing and sales efforts.

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