Fremont Bank, a Northern California-based full-service community bank, will open a new residential lending center in Aliso Viejo, Southern California, on December 1st, to offer traditional prime residential mortgage lending, with a mix of retail, bank-to-bank and targeted wholesale lending services.

The new center will be lead by Brad Seibel, director of specialty lending-sales at Fremont Bank. Mr Seibel comes to Fremont Bank with more than 25 years of banking and lending experience. Prior to joining the bank, he led numerous financial institutions throughout the West Coast, including his tenure as senior vice president at Chevy Chase Bank.

Mr Seibel said: “With multiple Southern California community banks vanishing or being acquired by larger intuitions, Fremont Bank fills a much needed void to provide residents with sound, traditional prime mortgage lending.”