Tom Rydberg

Senior Vice President of Residential Lending
Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp.

Once a top salesman for a Yellow Pages advertising company, Tom Rydberg has spent the last two decades helping clients get their names on a far more valuable piece of paper: the mortgage and title to their own homes. One of the top loan originators in the nation, Rydberg is Senior Vice President of Residential Lending at Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp. He prides himself on being a trusted resource to borrowers and professionals from the Great Lakes to the Florida Coast.

Rydberg is proud of several career accomplishments over the past year. Chief among them is the great success he’s had in the challenging but rewarding work of serving mid-sized real estate teams as their mortgage partner. Rydberg was ranked among the top 1 percent of mortgage originators in the U.S. by Mortgage Executive magazine and is a member of his company’s President’s Club for top producers.

“I attribute my success to my excellent customer service skills and to always keeping the needs of my clients first,” Rydberg say. “Lending is no longer a ‘one-size-fits-all’ industry, and my detailed approach to tailoring mortgage solutions to my clients and their goals provides substantial savings over the life of the loan.” His customers praise his timeliness, responsiveness and communication throughout the loan process. He is a trusted advisor to some of the top real estate agents, financial planners, attorneys and CPAs in the country.

Rydberg’s clients include everyone from first-time homebuyers in the Chicagoland suburbs to luxury second-home buyers in Naples, Florida, and everyone in between. He specializes in strategic refinances that reduce the payments on clients’ current mortgages. He also understands the unique needs of families who are relocating and prides himself in assisting the families of military personnel during their moves.

Along with serving clients in Illinois and Florida, Rydberg holds licenses in multiple other states: Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, California, Virginia, Tennessee and Alabama. In his spare time, he enjoys golf, running and watching his three daughters play soccer.