Zillow
Remote Mortgage Loan Officer (Illinois)
Remote-IL · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of mortgage origination experience.
- Education
- Completion of the 20-hour CORE Pre-Licensing Education; Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
About the job
Originates purchase mortgages for Zillow-referred customers, guiding borrowers from application through closing in either a high-volume phone-based or relationship-focused lending model.
What you'll do
- Originate and manage purchase loans through closing, ensuring compliance and coordinating with processing, underwriting, and closing teams.
- Convert company-provided leads into funded loans through borrower consultation, follow-up, and pipeline management.
- Build customer and partner relationships, meet performance and service expectations, and use CRM, loan origination systems, and data tools to manage engagement.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of mortgage origination experience, emphasizing purchase transactions, with active state-licensed NMLS Loan Originator status or a federal bank license.
- Complete the 20-hour CORE Pre-Licensing Education and pass the SAFE Mortgage Loan Originator Test – National Component with Uniform State Content.
- Physically located in and working remotely from Illinois.
- Proficiency with CRM, LOS, and Microsoft products (Outlook, Word, Excel).
Nice to have
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree.
- Proven purchase-loan success in a high-volume phone-based sales environment or an agent-centric referral model.
Pay
$11.40 - $23.80 hourly (base pay)
Tools
CRM, loan origination systems (LOS), Microsoft products (Outlook, Word, Excel)
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