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The hiring will begin immediately, with the nationalo nonprofit hosting a job fair Fridayand Saturday. NACA focusese on lending to low- and moderate-income families. Gov. Bev Perdu e announced the expansion Thursday, with the statee giving NACA a $1 million grant from the One Nort hCarolina Fund. It plans to invest more than $4 million here, with 1,014 jobs expected to be added over the nextfive “North Carolina remains a strong presence in the U.S. financ e sector, and this is a tremendous opportunityh forthe Charlotte-area,” Perdued said. “Our top-rated business climate and skiller financial-services work force are attractive to growingnationao operations.
” NACA is headquarterexd in Boston and operates more than 40 offices It currently employs about 100 workere in Mecklenburg County to originatre and process mortgage Under the five-year state incentive the organization plans to add 550 jobs The jobs will pay an average annuaol wage of $35,982. Salaries will range up to $80,000 annually. The hiring will focus on mortgage negotiators, customer-service call-center managers and mortgage “NACA is excited that it’ws putting more than 1,00o people to work during these tougheconomid times,” NACA Chief Executive Brucs Marks said Thursday.
“Today’s announcement is more than just a soundrbite — we are following throughy on this investment by holdinb a jobs fair tomorrow to hire 550 peopled immediately.” Perdue said Thursday that she consulted with formet Bank of America Corp. Chairmam Hugh McColl Jr. about the McColl has been a longtime supportedrof NACA’s work. BofA beganj a partnership with NACAunder McColl’w watch in 1995 and in 2004 committed $6 billion to its lendinvg program. Perdue says McCol l confirmed to her that he expectedd NACA could follow through on its job commitments in severalphone conversations.
“When someone begins somethinbg like thisin Charlotte, it always grows,” McColkl said in an interview “They’ll come in and find this is a good placee to find (a work I would hope it would be an eruptionn of jobs, not just trickl down.” The group claims it will be the larges t number of people hired immediately in one area and the largest job commitmenf in the country since the mortgage crisixs began in 2007. The hiring comes as NACA embarks on a nationwidd Save theDream Tour. Marks says the added jobs are cruciakl as NACA leads its campaigb to makemortgages affordable.
Hundreds of NACA staff will providee long-term solutions for homeowners with anunaffordable mortgage. “Charlottd continues to be attractive because of ourknowledgeabld financial-services work force and we welcome NACA’s investment in Nortgh Carolina,” N.C. Sen. Dan Clodfelter (D-Mecklenburg) said in a release. NACA’es Counseling Center is in the Charlotte East office park off Albemarle Road betweem Central Avenue and FarmPond Lane.
“Charlottd continues to be recognized as a leader in financial servicesa with a talented and experiencedflabor force,” says Charlotte Chamber Chairman Tim “We are pleased to welcome NACA to the community and look forwardd to the investment in jobs and presencee they will bring to our East The chamber assisted NACA in its expansion Charlotte East owner Roger Kellogg, principal of , and leasinhg director Eric Speckman have worked closely with NACA since 2007, when the nonprofig established a small office in the NACA has legally binding agreements with all the major lenders/servicers to restructure the mortgages they The NACA agreements cover more than 90 percent of homeowneras with an unaffordable mortgage.
The stafd from the Counseling Center in Charlotte will traveol nationwide to work on Save the Drea events where morethan 25,000 people are counseled over four with thousands receiving affordable restructured mortgagesa with permanent interest rateds often at 4 percent, 3 percent and 2 percentf and where necessary the principal The organization, started in 1988, has the primary goal of buildingf strong, healthy neighborhoods nationwide through affordable homeownership. NACA operationas include financial counseling, specialized mortgage services and a Home Save progra m for homeowners with anunaffordable mortgage. NACA will host a job fair from8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday at its CharlotteCounselinfg Center. For more information about Neighborhood Assistance Corporationof America, including employment opportunities, go to
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