{"id":439903,"date":"2026-08-21T23:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/439903\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T23:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:52:08","slug":"trumark-homes-names-marcus-murphy-president-of-fresno-based-icon-lending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/439903\/","title":{"rendered":"Trumark Homes names Marcus Murphy president of Fresno-based Icon Lending"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1140\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/icon-lending-marcus-murphy.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"man smiling and logo\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"attach_desc\">Marcus Murphy has been named president of Fresno-based Icon Lending, an affiliated mortgage brokerage of Trumark Homes. Images courtesy of Trumark Homes<\/p>\n<p>Trumark Homes has named Marcus Murphy as president of Icon Lending, its affiliated mortgage brokerage based in Fresno.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Murphy succeeds Chris Robson, who had served as president since April 2022, according to Robson\u2019s LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy will oversee Icon Lending\u2019s strategic direction, operational performance and growth initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining Icon Lending, Murphy spent nearly 20 years in leadership roles with Pulte Mortgage and PGP Title, overseeing lending, title, escrow, closing and post-closing operations across the Western U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarcus has spent more than two decades in homebuilder financial services and has both a passion for and track record of building high-performing teams,\u201d Trumark Homes Chief Operating Officer Steve Kalmbach said.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy said he plans to focus on people development and operational excellence while improving the customer experience for homebuyers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoining the Icon Lending team is an exciting opportunity and a natural extension of the experience I have gained throughout my career,\u201d Murphy said.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy will be based in Trumark Homes\u2019 Colorado office. Trumark Homes acquired Fresno-based Icon Lending in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Trumark Homes is part of the Trumark Group of Companies, a diversified real estate developer and builder that also includes Trumark Communities, Trumark Commercial and Trumark Urban.<\/p>\n<p>The company entered into an agreement with Japan-based Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd. in 2020, when Daiwa acquired a majority interest in Trumark Homes.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marcus Murphy has been named president of Fresno-based Icon Lending, an affiliated mortgage brokerage of Trumark Homes. Images&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,174431,114,174432,113,174433,174434,174435],"class_list":["post-439903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-business-leadership","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-mortgage-brokerage","tag-fresno-news","tag-icon-lending","tag-marcus-murphy","tag-trumark-homes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}