Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation Kalamazoo Branch Launches English/Spanish Language Web Site.Business Editors KALAMAZOO, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2003 Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation (AHMCC AHMCC Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation ) office #1745 announces the launch of its bilingual bi·lin·gual adj. 1. a. Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency. b. English/Spanish Web site, www.refinancecenters.com, designed to serve a greater portion of Kalamazoo's diverse community. The Web site is equipped with online tools and calculators for those seeking mortgage funding, including Allied's successful Approval Express platform that gives consumers the ability to receive immediate loan approvals. Users can switch between English and Spanish Spanish, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, issuing from Spanish Lake, S Ont., Canada, NW of Sudbury, and flowing generally S through Biskotasi and Agnew lakes to Lake Huron opposite Manitoulin island. There are several hydroelectric stations on the river. text with the click of a button on the page where a word-for-word translation is processed in milliseconds. "We believe the Spanish-speaking community is one of the most underserved markets in the mortgage industry," Branch Manager Richard Stewart Richard Stewart is one of the current councillors of Coquitlam, British Columbia. Richard was elected to Coquitlam City Council in 2005. He is bilingual (English and French). Richard has lived all his life in Coquitlam. He was married in 1983 to Anna Rosa, they have four children. said. "We hope our bilingual Web capabilities will help change that." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a 2001 study by Cheskin Research, between 1998 and 2000, the growth rate in Hispanic Hispanic Multiculture A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race Social medicine Any of 17 major Latino subcultures, concentrated in California, Texas, Chicago, Miam, NY, and elsewhere household computer penetration has been 80%, compared to 20% in the general market. At the end of 2000, 47% of Hispanic households reported having a computer in the home. In addition to the Web site, and by special arrangement with leading credit agencies, Stewart's office can provide Spanish-speaking consumers with a bilingual credit report. The branch also has local partnerships to assist with verbal translation services, meetings and dialogues with members of the Spanish-speaking community. The AHMCC office is the only one in the city and one of 55 in the state. Richard Stewart is the branch manager. They are located at 606 Portage Portage (1, 2 pôr`təj; 3 pôr`tĭj). 1 Town (1990 pop. 29,060), Porter co., NW Ind., a suburb of Gary, on Lake Michigan; inc. 1959. Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49007 and can be reached at 269/345-7000 or ifixbadcredt@aol.com. About Allied: Founded in 1991, AHMCC is the largest privately held mortgage banker/broker in the U.S., with more than 700 offices in 49 states, Guam and the Virgin Islands. It offers a wide variety of mortgage products and services from over 800 lenders. Allied is a preferred lender on Military.com (the largest military Web site on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the ) and the exclusive mortgage lender for Carleton Sheets. Last year the company funded over $12 billion dollars in loans, including more than $1 billion in the month of October, and was named the #1 mortgage brokerage firm by Broker magazine. For more information about the company, visit Allied's Web sites at www.branchasap.com, www.mortgageasap.com and its new English/Spanish language site, www.refinancecenters.com. |
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