Sunflower Bank Opens Coeur d'Alene Mortgage Office, Expands Inland Northwest Presence

Sunflower Bank has planted a mortgage flag in downtown Coeur d'Alene, opening a loan production office at 105 N. Fourth St., Suite 301, as part of a coordinated Inland Northwest expansion that also includes a consolidated Spokane regional hub and a second new Idaho location in Meridian.

The Dallas-based bank, which reported $8.5 billion in assets as of Dec. 31 and operates 71 licensed depository branches across seven states, said it added 21 mortgage professionals to its Idaho team across the two new offices. Local reporting from the Spokane Journal puts the combined staffing count slightly higher, citing a 14-person team recruited for the Coeur d'Alene office and a nine-person team hired for the Meridian location at 3693 East Longwing Lane, Suite 120-H. Sunflower Bank has not publicly reconciled the difference between its stated figure of 21 and the 23 implied by those individual counts. Josh Martin, the bank's managing director of mortgage lending, declined to identify which company the recruited teams came from.

Martin, who is based in Spokane and was promoted from director of mortgage sales to managing director of mortgage lending in February, framed the North Idaho push as a response to measurable demand. Sunflower Bank reported a 25% year-over-year increase in funded loan activity for first-lien mortgages in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market since 2024. The Coeur d'Alene office opened at the beginning of 2026, according to the Spokane Journal, with proximity to the Spokane corridor and the region's mortgage production growth cited as the primary drivers.

"The Inland Northwest continues to see strong demand for mortgage expertise, and our growth is a direct response to the needs of the communities we serve," Martin said. "By bringing together top-producing teams in Spokane and Idaho, we are strengthening our ability to deliver local insight, competitive solutions and long-term value for our customers."

On the Washington side of the expansion, Sunflower Bank consolidated its two existing Spokane branches, previously at 239 W. Main and 835 N. Post, into a single 17,000-square-foot leased office at 244 W. Main Ave. Renovation work at that location wrapped up in February, and the bank held a grand opening there on February 12, 2026. The Spokane office now employs 46 people and is intended to function as the regional hub tying the Washington and Idaho mortgage teams together.

Sunflower's Spokane history stretches back to 2019, when it entered the market through its Guardian Mortgage division. Guardian operated under that name until 2025, when it rebranded under the Sunflower Bank banner. The bank received regulatory approval to register its West Main location as a licensed depository branch in 2021.

Martin suggested the Idaho expansion is only beginning. "They made the decision to join Sunflower and it's been a great opportunity for us, so we'll see probably an even higher percentage of growth in Idaho in the future," he told the Spokane Journal. Beyond its regional mortgage operations, Sunflower Bank offers mortgage capabilities in 44 states. More information is available at sunflowerbank.com.