Islandia-based Gold Coast Bank's headquarters are pictured on Feb. 14,...

Islandia-based Gold Coast Bank's headquarters are pictured on Feb. 14, 2011. Credit: Kevin P. Coughlin

Islandia-based Gold Coast Bank has entered the residential mortgage business -- and it's making house calls. The bank said it will take applications in customers' homes or offices, if they wish.

Chief financial officer Catherine Califano said the five-branch, privately held bank began accepting applications for mortgages over the summer.

John Tsunis, the bank's chairman and chief executive, said in a statement, "Our approach in this area focuses on the personal touch."

The six-year-old bank has more than $261 million in assets.

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney sat down with Newsday’s Doug Geed following Rex A. Heuermann’s guilty plea in court.  Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas, File Footage; News12; Photo Credit: James Carbone; John Roca; Handout

'The thing that really struck me was the duality of it' Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney sat down with Newsday's Doug Geed following Rex A. Heuermann's guilty plea in court.

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney sat down with Newsday’s Doug Geed following Rex A. Heuermann’s guilty plea in court.  Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas, File Footage; News12; Photo Credit: James Carbone; John Roca; Handout

'The thing that really struck me was the duality of it' Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney sat down with Newsday's Doug Geed following Rex A. Heuermann's guilty plea in court.

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