Cobalt Mortgage has acquired Coulombe and Evered, a a Bellevue-based mortgage brokerage firm. With the acquisition, Cobalt becomes the third largest retail mortgage lender in King County behind Wells Fargo and Bank of America.

“Coulombe and Evered has been a high quality mortgage company in the Seattle area for over a decade and has established a solid reputation for great service and integrity in lending,” said Keith Tibbles, president, Cobalt Mortgage.

“We are ecstatic to be joining the Cobalt family,” said Brad Evered, principal, Coulombe and Evered. “Cobalt has fantastic operations, support structure and cutting edge technology that will greatly improve our efficiencies and service to our clients.”