Guild Mortgage is a residential real estate mortgage company that was started in 1960 in San Diego, California. In the 60 years the company has been in operation, Guild Mortgage has grown to include more than 250 branch and satellite offices in 27 states nationwide, and has banking relationships with credit unions and community banks in 48 states. Since 2007, the company has grown 16-fold and went from 400 employees to more than 4,000 through acquisitions and new hires.