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As President and Chief Operating Officer for Castle & Cooke Mortgage, Adam Thorpe directs the company’s growth and operational strategies. Adam oversees the company’s corporate operations and loan production while also administering the company’s relationships with key counterparties including, but not limited to, investors, agencies, warehouse lenders and State and Federal regulators. Thorpe served as the company’s Chief Risk Officer from September 2013 until he was elevated to his current role in 2014. As Chief Risk Officer, he managed the strategic, reputational, operational, financial, and compliance-related risks and related opportunities encountered across all segments of the business. Prior to joining Castle & Cooke Mortgage, Thorpe was the Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at Sun West Mortgage Company. He was also formerly a partner at Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP in Los Angeles. A graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law, Adam also spent a year at Temple University’s Tokyo Japan Campus. He is an avid cyclist and tri-athlete and is the father of three boys. He offers Castle & Cooke Mortgage a wide lens for maintaining its current growth objectives with remarkable precision.

The Pros and Cons of Trump’s Tax Plan on the Housing Market

Because of the need to establish this fiscal balance, the road to achieve Trump’s proposals will be long and rocky, and will require the hard work and cooperation of both sides of the aisle. This proposal has also raised many questions about what Trump’s plan would mean for the housing market. Due to the current lack of detail in his proposed outline, it is difficult to accurately predict the impact a tax system overhaul of this magnitude would have on the economy.

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