The Stow branch of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation was founded in 1999 by brothers Brian Thomas and Mark Thomas, and has served the residents of Summit County and greater northern Ohio for over 18 years. There are now 11 Northern Ohio Fairway locations including two in Stow, Salem, Amherst, Uniontown, Green, Fairlawn, Hudson, Warren and Mayfield Village, Ohio as well as Schererville, Indiana. Fairway is a full-service mortgage lender that provides a wide range of residential mortgage loans, including conventional loans, refinancing, VA loans, FHA loans, rehab loans, reverse mortgages and more. The company was ranked as one of the Top 10 Mortgage Companies in America based on retail volume by Mortgage Executive Magazine in 2015 and 2016.