Is American Financial Mortgage Co An Expensive Mortgage Lender?

We compare mortgage interest rate and loan related closing costs at American Financial Mortgage Co with other lenders for mortgages with similar borrower characteristics:

Interest Rate: lower than average (-0.11%)
Loan Related Closing Costs: higher than average (+$766)
Assessment: this lender tends to be a average cost lender.

This scoreboard is based on data reported to FFIEC. In the data, American Financial Mortgage Co originated 106 mortgages, a national market share of 0.0%. It was primarily active in PA, with a 0.0% market share.

On average, American Financial Mortgage Co’s interest rates were lower than those of comparable mortgages at other lenders (-0.11%).1The comparable mortgages control for American Financial Mortgage Co’s distribution of loan term (e.g. 30 year vs 15 year), loan-to-value (LTV), debt-to-income (DTI), loan amount, loan program (e.g. Conforming/FHA), loan purpose (e.g. purchase/refinance), and county. Interest rate and loan related closing costs are estimated based on fixed rate mortgages only, whereas market shares include all purchase or refinance mortgages. Its average total loan related closing cost was $5151, which was higher than those of comparable mortgages at $4385, with a difference of +$766. Overall, we estimate that American Financial Mortgage Co tends to be an average cost lender, with a cost-adjusted-rate difference of -0.03% compared to comparable mortgages at other lenders.2Cost adjusted rates were computed based on each percent of the loan amount in loan related closing costs being worth 1/6 of a percentage point in interest rate. Nevertheless, we recommend comparing your rate and fees with at least a few other lenders before signing with American Financial Mortgage Co.

American Financial Mortgage Co originated Conforming mortgages for new home purchases. We breakdown its interest rate and total loan related closing cost on by each of the mortgage types it originated below:

Home Purchase Mortgages from American Financial Mortgage Co compared to other lenders

Conforming
Interest Rate Difference-0.11%
Loan related Closing Cost Difference+$766
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.03%

Based on the table above, American Financial Mortgage Co is similar to other lenders for Conforming purchase mortgages.

Other information about American Financial Mortgage Co:

Regulator: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
Registered city and state: Pittsburgh, PA, 15241

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Footnotes
1The comparable mortgages control for American Financial Mortgage Co’s distribution of loan term (e.g. 30 year vs 15 year), loan-to-value (LTV), debt-to-income (DTI), loan amount, loan program (e.g. Conforming/FHA), loan purpose (e.g. purchase/refinance), and county. Interest rate and loan related closing costs are estimated based on fixed rate mortgages only, whereas market shares include all purchase or refinance mortgages.
2Cost adjusted rates were computed based on each percent of the loan amount in loan related closing costs being worth 1/6 of a percentage point in interest rate.