Is Performance Financial, Inc. An Expensive Mortgage Lender?

We compare mortgage interest rate and loan related closing costs at Performance Financial, Inc. with other lenders for mortgages with similar borrower characteristics:

Interest Rate: higher than average (+0.12%)
Loan Related Closing Costs: higher than average (+$620)
Assessment: this lender tends to be a expensive lender.

This scoreboard is based on data reported to FFIEC. In the data, Performance Financial, Inc. originated 217 mortgages, a national market share of 0.0%. It was primarily active in CA (0.0% market share) and NV (0.0% market share).

On average, Performance Financial, Inc.’s interest rates were higher than those of comparable mortgages at other lenders (+0.12%).1The comparable mortgages control for Performance Financial, Inc.’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 $8186, which was higher than those of comparable mortgages at $7566, with a difference of +$620. Overall, we estimate that Performance Financial, Inc. tends to be an expensive lender, with a cost-adjusted-rate difference of +0.16% 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. Therefore, we recommend comparing your rate and fees with at least a few other lenders before signing with Performance Financial, Inc..

Performance Financial, Inc. originated Conforming and FHA 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 Performance Financial, Inc. compared to other lenders

ConformingFHA
Interest Rate Difference+0.09%+0.19%
Loan related Closing Cost Difference+$611+$639
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference+0.12%+0.22%

Based on the table above, Performance Financial, Inc. is more expensive than other lenders for Conforming and FHA purchase mortgages.

Other information about Performance Financial, Inc.:

Regulator: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
Registered city and state: Valencia, CA, 91355

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Footnotes
1The comparable mortgages control for Performance Financial, Inc.’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.