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Choice Home Mortgage is a family- and veteran-owned mortgage and real estate company based in Orange County, California, run by husband-and-wife owners Esther Buede and Greg Toussieng. Esther (NMLS #2003644) leads the mortgage side; Greg leads the real estate side through the Gregory James Group — giving clients home financing and real estate expertise under one roof. A wholesale brokerage working with 250+ lenders, the company was built one family at a time through referrals and repeat clients, and the owners still answer their own phones. Company NMLS #2629064 · CA DRE #01822046 · choicehm.com

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• Family- and veteran-owned, husband-and-wife operated
• Orange County, California
• Mortgage + real estate under one roof
• Wholesale brokerage — 250+ lenders
• Built on referrals and repeat clients; the owners answer their own phones
• Esther Buede — NMLS #2003644 (individual)
• Company NMLS #2629064 · CA DRE #01822046

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Esther Buede

Owner & Mortgage Expert · NMLS #2003644

Esther leads the mortgage side of Choice Home Mortgage personally — purchase loans, refinances, and the hard-to-place files others turn away. To Esther a client is more than a customer, which is why her clients become clients for life. When everyone else says “it can’t be done,” Esther is usually the one who finds the way it can.

Ask her about: mortgages and refinancing · first-time buyer programs · self-employed and non-QM financing · reverse mortgages · what borrowers actually go through

Greg Toussieng

Owner & Real Estate · Gregory James Group

Greg leads the real estate side, guiding buyers and sellers with a philosophy that runs the whole company: clients are clients for life. Together with Esther he offers something rare — the mortgage and the home under one roof, from people whose names are on the door.

Ask him about: the Orange County housing market · buying and selling · offers and negotiations · what the home-purchase process really looks like end to end

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• Logo — light (for dark backgrounds) PNG
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• Esther Buede — headshot WEBP
• Greg Toussieng — headshot WEBP
• Esther & Greg — owners portrait JPG
• Tank — office bulldog WEBP

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