National Bank opens Springfield office

National Bank – Mortgage Division opened its office at 1524 E. Primrose, Ste. C, fully staffed as of Dec. 27.

“We just thought the Springfield-Branson area in general is a good real estate market,” said Christa Spencer, vice president and director of marketing for National Bank of Kansas City. “We knew some really good mortgage loan officers there that were looking to make a change, so we partnered with them and opened a new office.”

The division has five loan officers, all from the Springfield community. All processing will be done locally.

The office is managed by Kent Kelso and Debbie Kindall. Kelso comes from North American Savings Bank and has 15 years of experience in mortgage banking. Kindall has been in the lending business for 10 years.

Other mortgage loan officers are Jeff Widmeyer, Deborah Waggoner and Bart Pinkerton.

Widmeyer is a lifelong Springfield resident with eight years of experience in residential lending, and Waggoner has 20 years of sales experience. Pinkerton, another lifelong Springfieldian, comes from American Home Mortgage and has been in mortgage financing for two years.

Hours of operation are 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

National Bank of Kansas City has its headquarters in Leawood, Kan., and has $618 million in assets.