Paola Kielblock, president of products at Fairway Independent Mortgage, is a 23-year industry veteran who focuses on affordable housing and consumer education. Today, she works with 85 state housing authorities and 350 nonprofit down payment assistance fund programs. 

In her position, Kielblock has spent the past 10 years building out Fairway’s affordable housing initiatives. She now leads an affordable housing initiative that works with 85 state housing authorities and a national program that offers first-time homebuyers down payment assistance. Kielblock works to ensure that consumers are put into safe, affordable loans and prioritizes down payment assistance.

Kielblock works to ensure that borrowers are in the best position possible by guiding them through education both before closing and after the loan is funded. She works with her team to develop products for consumer education even months before taking out a mortgage in order to help borrowers financially prepare.

Name:

Paola Kielblock

Title:

President of Products

Company Name:

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation