MANTON, Mich. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Michigan-based Be Prepared LLC today announced their initiative to provide free replacement defensive pepper spray to all of their customers who use it to defend themselves during the commission of a crime against them.

TROY, Mich. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage, a leading wholesale lender licensed in all 50 states, announced that Mortgage Technology magazine named the company to its 'Top 25 Tech-Savvy Lenders and Servicers' list for the third year in a row. UWM says its technology is a key component to it being one of the fastest growing, most service-oriented wholesale lenders in the country.

TROY. Mich. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: USFS (United Shore Financial Services), one of the nation's largest and fastest growing mortgage lenders, announced today that its founder and chairman, Jeff Ishbia, won Ernst & Young's 2013 Entrepreneur Of The Year Award for the Michigan and Northwest Ohio region.

SOUTHGATE, Mich. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Southgate Surgery Center today announced that it has acquired the groundbreaking ORA System to support its ophthalmic surgeon's ability to bring more precise vision outcomes for patients having cataract surgery.

TROY, Mich. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: United Wholesale Mortgage today announced that it has made available a free service designed to generate more business for its brokers. The service, dubbed UWM Connect, monitors borrower credit pulls for activity to funnel potential B2C leads back to brokers that have previously completed deals with them.

TROY, Mich. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: UWM (United Wholesale Mortgage), the fourth largest wholesale mortgage lender in the U.S., today announced that it rolled out a new program that gives brokers the option to waive escrows up to 90 percent LTV, with no M.I., on all conventional products in all states.

TROY, Mich. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: USFS (United Shore Financial Services), one of the nation's largest and fastest growing mortgage lenders, announced that Mark Hammond will be joining the company as co-chairman. Hammond will work closely with Jeff Ishbia, current chairman and founder of USFS, in leading the 27-year-old company. USFS operates three brands: United Wholesale Mortgage, the fourth largest wholesale mortgage lender in the country; Shore Mortgage; and Capital Mortgage Funding.

TROY, Mich. /eNewsChannels/ -- USFS (United Shore Financial Services), one of the nation's leading independent mortgage lenders, today announced that Mat Ishbia will be appointed to the position of CEO for the company. Ishbia currently serves as both president of USFS and also its successful wholesale operation, United Wholesale Mortgage, which under his leadership has now become the fourth largest wholesale mortgage lender in the country.

TROY, Mich. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS Apr 9, 2013: United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the fourth largest wholesale mortgage lender in the U.S., today announced it has launched a free Web portal that enables brokers they work with to produce customized flyers, with options geared towards also marketing to borrowers and REALTORS(R).

SOUTHGATE, Mich. /eNewsChannels/ -- Southgate Surgery Center announced that it is again offering its complimentary screening colonoscopy program throughout March, 2013. The facility will qualify 21 applicants from Michigan who need a screening colonoscopy are aged 50 or over, uninsured, severely financially distressed and cannot afford the procedure. The facility implements the program every March to promote National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.