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Last Edited by shahhere July 26, 2021 at 06:35 AM
Details on how to understand the Mortgage basics and information that I understand for your learning can be accessed on this post (Click this hyperlink to go to the post); If you are new to this process and have questions this is a Must Read before asking question on the forum!
Reviving my over a decade old thread from SD and FW as the rates have gotten competitive. This thread is a SD community thread to compare and post best rates received along with their lender experience for a quick compare and estimation from a starting point.
Please note that rates will vary on quite a few factors and just because one person has a rate will not guarantee you will receive the same rate but simply use this as a guide and negotiation tactic.
All below rates are based on assumptions of certain LTV, DTI, & Excellent Credit Scores:
30 Year Fixed best rates (Assuming Good Credit & 20% down, low LTV, low DTI, etc etc):
Shahhere
Old Thread - https://slickdeals.net/e/1223863-03-06-2009-best-mortgage-rates-from-big-reputable-lenders-30year-5-15year-5-arm-s-etc
Reviving my over a decade old thread from SD and FW as the rates have gotten competitive. This thread is a SD community thread to compare and post best rates received along with their lender experience for a quick compare and estimation from a starting point.
Please note that rates will vary on quite a few factors and just because one person has a rate will not guarantee you will receive the same rate but simply use this as a guide and negotiation tactic.
All below rates are based on assumptions of certain LTV, DTI, & Excellent Credit Scores:
30 Year Fixed best rates (Assuming Good Credit & 20% down, low LTV, low DTI, etc etc):
All listed lenders are here because I shopped them and have encountered competitive pricing and not because I get any sort of a kickback....use this as a gauge for the latest but note that things can change week to week, day to day and even hour to hour:
07/14/2021 2.875% Better.com- Will consider Lender Match to beat Competitors and combine with Amex cashback (Click here for additional Forum thread details). Amex's "Digital Assist" Team @ 800-297-7500
07/14/2021 2.875% LoanDepot.com - Is competitive but works better if you have another offer for them. My LO Luke Dean
[email protected] 949-652-4521
07/14/2021 BSMFunding (David Pressel) - Call to get the latest rates (no published online). Very competitive rates; get everything in writing via email!
https://bsmfunding.mymortgage-onl...essel.html
David Pressel (NMLS: 562175)- Branch Manager - Phone: 908-208-2036
[email protected]
07/14/2021 2.5% LoanCabin [loancabin.com] - Most Competitive but refinance times have grow to almost 6 months for many people so proceed with caution as recent reviews indicate normal 1 month closing. Generally do not charge for big Lender Fees (A+B on LE) as they are under $100 in most cases; esp if appraisal is waived for your scenario.30 Year Fixed Jumbo Best Rates (Assuming Good Credit & 20% down):
07/14/2021 3% LenderFi - Competitive but might be slow and not work on beating other lender rates.
TBD15 year Fixed:
07/14/2021 2.0 % Better.com; matches Bankrate rates for themselves.Title Company Comparisions:
07/04/2020 2.5% NIH Credit Union with Lender Credit
RadianTitleDirect.com - OP has used them for almost a decade with getting best rates (closed after Covid, Lender must submit order as consumer side is closed).Alphabetical list of other lenders (some could be non-proven without direct member experiences posted here):
ALTTitle.com
https://www.valerotitle.com/ - Texas only.
- AimLoan - Will provide LE without hard pull if credit is frozen https://www.aimloan.com/
- Amerisave - will give you scores from all 3 bureaus with just a soft pull https://www.amerisave.com/
- Better.com https://better.com/
- BoxHomeLoans https://www.boxhomeloan
s.com/ - Close Your Own Loan https://www.closeyourow
nloan.com/...sults.aspx - Colonial Mort http://www.colonialmor
t.com/ - HighTechLending http://www.hightechlen
ding.co/Default.aspx - Interactive Mortgage https://interactivemort
gage.com/ Eric from IM is super rude so good luck dealing with this guy! - LenderFi https://www.lenderfi.com [lenderfi.com]if the link wont work try this backend link: https://app.lenderfi.com/app/sign...r/lenderfi
- Loan Cabin https://www.loancabin.c
om/ - Loan Depot https://www.loandepot.c
om/ - LoanLock https://www.loanlock.co
m/ - NavyFederal CU https://www.navyfederal
.org/ - NIH credit union (Delware, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia) https://www.nihfcu.org/
- Northpointe Bank https://www.northpointe
.com/ - Owning.com (Operates only in CA) https://owning.com/
- Pentagon Federal CU https://www.penfed.org/
- Provident Funding - will give LE without locking rate https://www.provident.c
om/ - RatePlus (California) https://www.rateplus.co
m/ - Travis Credit Union (12 North Cal Counties only) https://www.traviscu.or
g/ Eligibility traviscu.org - United wholesale mortgages https://www.uwm.com/
- Watermark Home Loans https://www.watermarkho
meloans.com/ - West Coast Mortgage Associates (The loan broker is in So.Cal. Debbie Morgan) https://wcmtg.com/
Shahhere
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Potential Lenders - Mentioned in Thread
*Please add to this list and add locality if applicable*
Discount lenders who DO NOT accept fully documented in tax returns self-employment income:
Owning.com
BoxHomeLoans
Lower.com
Discount Lenders that DO accept fully documented in tax returns self-employment income:
Sebonic
Caliber
Sage
Title Company Shopping
AltTitle.com
mytitlegenius.com (formerly entitle direct)
TO AVOID - Settlement LTD (local Pittsburgh run away from them - high cost, very bad service, lot of delays)
Feel Free to Add Sections for Each Lender - MeAPhool
Loan Cabin - DetailsWARNING. DO NOT GO WITH LOAN CABIN. TRUST ME.
I would have lost the home if i was trying to buy a house.
I just had a normal refi and it took then 127 days to close. out of the 27 emails i sent, they responded to 3. I even had to call (complain) their main office 2 times to get a response to any emails. they screwed the closing paperwork as well.
Loan Cabin does not charge lender fees. Actually all of this is in their FAQ but of course nobody reads anything and wants everything spoon fed.
This means A+B (reference the link above in the wiki regarding Loan Estimate) in the Loan Estimate should be 0 (as long as your appraisal is waived).
You will be responsible for Title Cost (of course you can shop that to your heart's delight)
You will be responsible for Recording Fee in your county
You will be responsible for Escrows (if you so choose OR if you are close to Homeowner's OR Property Tax payment - though you can negotiate and show evidence to get it waived. Most lender's will waive it if you are choosing not to escrow and you can show proof that you paid the upcoming Property Tax or Homeowner's Insurance)
You will be responsible for Prepaid Interest (this isn't a cost. If you didn't refinance, you'd be paying the interest at your current mortgage rate which I assume would be higher).
Lender Credit - If this covers A+B+C+E then you have a no-cost refinance. If you have a surplus aside from A+B+C+E, then technically you made money on your refinance.
If you apply and do no hear back for 3 days, then on the 3rd business day, reach out to [email protected]. They will usually help get a response on your application within a day.
If the information in this WIKI does not cover your questions, then please ask. We will answer and update WIKI accordingly.
Thanks - MeAPhool
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I think a lot of people get confused with regards to "no closing cost". Specifically I think that is with regards to A+B+C (as referenced in this post by volcomssj48 - https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=
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As per volcomssj48, this is a good place to go for a basic understanding of the LE (Loan Estimate) that should be provided to you by each lender once you give all of your information: https://www.consumerfin I'm in NJ so I can't really shop Title Insurance much as it's the cost is regulated by the state, however in other states, you can really cut down some of the costs in section "C". |
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Potential Lenders - Mentioned in Thread
*Please add to this list and add locality if applicable*
- Loan Cabin https://www.loancabin.c
om/ - Better.com https://better.com/
- Interactive Mortgage https://interactivemortgage.com/
- LenderFi https://www.lenderfi.co
m/ - owning.com (Operates only in CA) https://owning.com/
- NIH credit union (Delware, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia) https://www.nihfcu.org/
- Loan Depot https://www.loandepot.c
om/ - Travis Credit Union (12 North Cal Counties only) https://www.traviscu.or
g/ Eligibility [traviscu.org] - Pentagon Federal CU https://www.penfed.org/
- Interactive Mortgage https://interactivemort
gage.com/ - NavyFederal CU https://www.navyfederal
.org/ - United wholesale mortgages https://www.uwm.com/
- BoxHomeLoans https://www.boxhomeloan
s.com/ - LoanLock https://www.loanlock.co
m/ - West Coast Mortgage Associates (The loan broker is in So.Cal. Debbie Morgan) https://wcmtg.com/
- RatePlus (California) https://www.rateplus.co
m/ - Northpointe Bank https://www.northpointe
.com/ - HighTechLending https://hightechlending
.mortgagewebcen ter.com/ - Close Your Own Loan https://www.closeyourow
nloan.com/...sults.aspx - AimLoan - will give LE without hard pull if credit is frozen https://www.aimloan.com/
- Amerisave - will give you scores from all 3 bureaus with just a soft pull
https://www.amerisave.com/ - Provident - will give LE without locking rate https://www.provident.c
om/ Best Credit Back with 60% LTV or better. - Watermark Home Loans https://www.watermarkho
meloans.com/ Skip these guys. They are being rude to Slickdealers. In one occasion they have explicitly said they don't want to do business with people from Slickdeals. They also have an approach where they give you the best rate initially and just raise it more each time you ask. - Colonial Mort http://www.colonialmor
t.com/ - Annie Mac https://www.annie-mac.com/ Licensed in these states https://www.annie-mac.com/page/licensed-states/
- Rate Rabbit https://www.raterabbit.
com/ Licensed in MA and others [raterabbit.com]
Discount lenders who DO NOT accept fully documented in tax returns self-employment income:
Owning.com
BoxHomeLoans
Lower.com
Discount Lenders that DO accept fully documented in tax returns self-employment income:
Sebonic
Caliber
Sage
Title Company Shopping
AltTitle.com
mytitlegenius.com (formerly entitle direct)
TO AVOID - Settlement LTD (local Pittsburgh run away from them - high cost, very bad service, lot of delays)
Feel Free to Add Sections for Each Lender - MeAPhool
Loan Cabin - DetailsWARNING. DO NOT GO WITH LOAN CABIN. TRUST ME.
I would have lost the home if i was trying to buy a house.
I just had a normal refi and it took then 127 days to close. out of the 27 emails i sent, they responded to 3. I even had to call (complain) their main office 2 times to get a response to any emails. they screwed the closing paperwork as well.
Loan Cabin does not charge lender fees. Actually all of this is in their FAQ but of course nobody reads anything and wants everything spoon fed.
This means A+B (reference the link above in the wiki regarding Loan Estimate) in the Loan Estimate should be 0 (as long as your appraisal is waived).
You will be responsible for Title Cost (of course you can shop that to your heart's delight)
You will be responsible for Recording Fee in your county
You will be responsible for Escrows (if you so choose OR if you are close to Homeowner's OR Property Tax payment - though you can negotiate and show evidence to get it waived. Most lender's will waive it if you are choosing not to escrow and you can show proof that you paid the upcoming Property Tax or Homeowner's Insurance)
You will be responsible for Prepaid Interest (this isn't a cost. If you didn't refinance, you'd be paying the interest at your current mortgage rate which I assume would be higher).
Lender Credit - If this covers A+B+C+E then you have a no-cost refinance. If you have a surplus aside from A+B+C+E, then technically you made money on your refinance.
If you apply and do no hear back for 3 days, then on the 3rd business day, reach out to [email protected]. They will usually help get a response on your application within a day.
If the information in this WIKI does not cover your questions, then please ask. We will answer and update WIKI accordingly.
Thanks - MeAPhool
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For those needing clarity on LC closing costs, I was on the same boat. See what they charge here https://www.dropbox.com/s/r30ecea...t.png
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Here is a photo of my loan estimate from Loan Cabin, my lender credits should be closer to 3K based on my initial conversations with Bob so i'm following up with him on that.
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I do see title insurance in my estimate. I reached out to Owning but I didn't quality for the no cost refinance option since my LTV was 73%, it has to be 50% or lower when I spoke to them. |
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Disclosed rate assumes a $350,000 rate and term refinance loan on an owner-occupied single family residence in California. Minimum 740 FICO credit score, 50% loan to value with no subordinate debt. If these factors are not met, you may still qualify and additional pricing adjustments may apply. Subject to underwriting approval. Not all applicants will qualify.
Great deal if your LTV is less then 50%. Does not hurt to ask if you don't meet them all. May not be the same exact deal but hopefully it will be decent.
No Closing Costs
Are available on rate/term and limited cash out refinance transactions only. Owning will pay the following third party closing costs on behalf of the Borrower: appraisal fees, credit report fees, flood certification fees, escrow/closing fees, signing fees, title insurance fees (lenders policy and endorsements). The Borrower is responsible for paying: prepaid interest, property taxes, state mortgage/transfer taxes, all types of insurance, existing lender payoff fees, survey fees, inspection fees and discount points (if Borrower chooses to pay discount points to buy down the interest rate). Minimum loan amount is $200,000.
Since, I dont have that the risk I see in doing the other stuff is that I dont have a way to get a competing LE that would help lower the credits or if the credits would be reset as it was Price Matched items.
The Float option wont work as i noted earlier since the rate hasnt dropped on FRED which is what they use to compare rates enough for them to provide that.
Shahhere
Details of what I posed is here:
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=
and here:
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=
Along with the screenshot for what I am seeing as there isnt a 0.25% drop as its at most 0.23% which wont qualify any of us from 6/24/2020 - 7/30/2020 (Thursday to Thursday).
Shahhere
Cause of the cashout I don't think it will be worthwhile trying to refi in a month for 2.5% that people are mentioning unless the appraisal is paid for or waivered or there is huge lender credit to wipe it off.
I didn't discover till someone sent me a PM because the same thing happened to them and they have not signed any papers either.
Edit: apparently this is common with many lenders out there.
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LD said they can close this Friday, but since I decided to match LC at 2.5% but it's not an exact match. They could only give me $2600 instead of $4700 on 2.75%. With 2.75% literally, I don't have to pay anything. Everything from the lender credits paid for A+B+C even E+G+H. Basically even with the pay-off included, my loan amount was low and I got $200 bucks back.
With 2.5%, they reduced lender credits. This is where fees cropped up and loan amount increased by $1800 since lender credits was decreased by $2k. But the upside is that I can close this coming Friday and loan can fund next week.
with LC, I got $3K and their A+B+C is only $1200, which I still have $1,800 dollars left to apply toward loan amount. But they're hardly responded now after I've submitted all paperwork. Moreover, their rate on LE is 2.49, which is kinda odd comparing to all other lenders. Since they haven't responded for a few days now, not sure how soon they'll be able to close.
Should go with LC or with LD? with LD, I'll have to bring in about $1600 to close if I want to lower the loan amount. This $1600 is to cover enough balance to pay the pay-off amount as well as per diem interest.
LD said they can close this Friday, but since I decided to match LC at 2.5% but it's not an exact match. They could only give me $2600 instead of $4700 on 2.75%. With 2.75% literally, I don't have to pay anything. Everything from the lender credits paid for A+B+C even E+G+H. Basically even with the pay-off included, my loan amount was low and I got $200 bucks back.
With 2.5%, they reduced lender credits. This is where fees cropped up and loan amount increased by $1800 since lender credits was decreased by $2k. But the upside is that I can close this coming Friday and loan can fund next week.
with LC, I got $3K and their A+B+C is only $1200, which I still have $1,800 dollars left to apply toward loan amount. But they're hardly responded now after I've submitted all paperwork. Moreover, their rate on LE is 2.49, which is kinda odd comparing to all other lenders. Since they haven't responded for a few days now, not sure how soon they'll be able to close.
Should go with LC or with LD? with LD, I'll have to bring in about $1600 to close if I want to lower the loan amount. This $1600 is to cover enough balance to pay the pay-off amount as well as per diem interest.
Wait a month a refinance and go with another company at a better rate.
Wait a month a refinance and go with another company at a better rate.
What is your rationale for doing so? Are you thinking that market rates have further to drop? Or can he expect that because his current mortgage interest rate is xxx that new lenders will be willing to offer even lower rates than what today's lenders are offering to match or better LEs from competitors? True zero cost loan (ie apr = interest rate) may make it possible to refi again without loss but other wise you'll have sunken costs (and time) which if you refinance again shortly after will make you lose more than gain.
You seem to be up to date with this. I'm looking for zero cost refinance for my home in TX from 30 year (22 years still left) to 15 year fixed with LTV around 30% (185k balance) and excellent credit. What lenders should I consider applying to? Let me know if you need more info from me.
Sorry, missed your reply about this yesterday.
At this point LoanCabin is the cheapest no nonsense lender from everything posted here. No Fees in A and nominal B charges and whatever your C=Title Costs and Prepaids E-I.
I've posted a sceenshot based on some assumptions for you to compare as LC posts their rates and the documents are similar without surprises.
You can try other lenders as well such as Loan Depot and WaterMark. WM has an Origination fee that they include and so does LD but LD is more willing to give credits if you find competing LE.
Shahhere
LD said they can close this Friday, but since I decided to match LC at 2.5% but it's not an exact match. They could only give me $2600 instead of $4700 on 2.75%. With 2.75% literally, I don't have to pay anything. Everything from the lender credits paid for A+B+C even E+G+H. Basically even with the pay-off included, my loan amount was low and I got $200 bucks back.
With 2.5%, they reduced lender credits. This is where fees cropped up and loan amount increased by $1800 since lender credits was decreased by $2k. But the upside is that I can close this coming Friday and loan can fund next week.
with LC, I got $3K and their A+B+C is only $1200, which I still have $1,800 dollars left to apply toward loan amount. But they're hardly responded now after I've submitted all paperwork. Moreover, their rate on LE is 2.49, which is kinda odd comparing to all other lenders. Since they haven't responded for a few days now, not sure how soon they'll be able to close.
Should go with LC or with LD? with LD, I'll have to bring in about $1600 to close if I want to lower the loan amount. This $1600 is to cover enough balance to pay the pay-off amount as well as per diem interest.
Unless I mis-read. LC might be slow, but that's because they have no lender costs and their rates are phenomenal. Here's my timeline so far:
7/24 - Applied online at LC
7/29 late evening - Emailed [email protected] as recommended by other SDer's
7/30 - Recevied Reply from LC Loan Officer (had some back/forth email)
7/31 - (Friday) Received LE, asked to lock
8/3 - (Monday) Received Lock confirmation via Email (more back/forth email)
8/4 - Provide my own title company
Received disclosures/e-sign instructions (I couldn't access/complete due to power outage/hurricane in NJ)
8/5 - completed most disclosures (asked a question, before completing all)
This is where I stand now. I can say since they started working on my account, I have not had any lapse in communication. I am very happy with everything so far and was only anxious waiting for initial contact and waiting for confirmation on lock. However, I think that is normal
Obviously the out of pocket closing costs that are not covered by lender credits or paid for by the lender. So as I said unless you got a true zero cost loan you have sunken costs.
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Currently at $325k - 76% LTV @ 3.75%
locked at LC for 2.75% with no appraisal and Lender Credit covering all ABC costs
Just asked Better.com to match expecting to be turned down - they said they will match and provided LE accordingly. I confirmed that I do qualify for AMEX $2500 as well since application was in before cutoff.
Late last week we did sign the intent to proceed and the applications with LoanCabin. Given the AMEX offer on Better.com - should we just withdraw from LC and are there any repercussions for doing so?
One other factor is that Loan Cabin LE indicates 8 months of escrow reserve where Better appears to be looking at 2 months. Anyone have any other data points on escrow reserve requirements?