{"id":1390,"date":"2018-10-24T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/24\/motto-mortgage-among-top-one-percent-of-fastest-growing-emerging-franchises\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:22:01","slug":"motto-mortgage-among-top-one-percent-of-fastest-growing-emerging-franchises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/24\/motto-mortgage-among-top-one-percent-of-fastest-growing-emerging-franchises\/","title":{"rendered":"Motto Mortgage Among Top One Percent of Fastest-Growing Emerging Franchises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<header class=\"container release-header\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-7 col-sm-offset-1 col-vcenter col-xs-12 \">\n<h1 class=\"subtitle\">Motto Mortgage Franchise Continues to Disrupt Industry<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mottomortgage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Motto Franchising, LLC<\/a>&nbsp;is among the top one percent of fastest-growing emerging franchises in 2018, according to an analysis of over 2,500 franchise systems conducted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchisegrade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Franchise Grade\u00ae<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<section class=\"release-body container \">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1\">\n<p>The first national mortgage brokerage franchise in the U.S., the franchisor also reached a major milestone earlier this month, selling the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mottomortgage.com\/newsroom\/100-franchises-sold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">100th Motto Mortgage franchise<\/a>, just 23 months after its launch. Motto Mortgage was established late&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-chron\">October 2016<\/span>&nbsp;and sold 50 franchises in its inaugural year in business.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/motto.jpg\" alt=\"motto mortgage - real trends\" width=\"828\" height=\"315\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are thrilled to be among the top one percent of fastest-growing emerging franchises,&#8221; said&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-person\">Ward Morrison<\/span>, president, Motto Franchising, LLC. &#8220;This research illustrates what we already knew \u2013 Motto Mortgage is a revolutionary franchise model that entrepreneurs want to be a part of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Only one out of five franchises reached 100+ locations after their eighth year of franchising according to another 2017 Franchise Grade\u00ae industry report. That two-part report included a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchisegrade.com\/reports\/article\/analysis_of_emerging_franchises_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">study<\/a>&nbsp;which examined ten years of franchise growth using data extracted from franchise disclosure documents (FDDs) to present a representation of start-up and emerging franchise development since 2007. That study also found only one percent of franchises had sold 100 franchises after two years, and only five percent after four years.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This research illustrates what we already knew \u2013 Motto Mortgage is a revolutionary franchise model that entrepreneurs want to be a part of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Motto Mortgage, a &#8220;mortgage brokerage in a box,&#8221; is disrupting the mortgage industry by providing more options, transparency, and convenience for consumers. 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