Is Crown Mortgage Company An Expensive Mortgage Lender?

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

Interest Rate: similar to average (+0.01%)
Loan Related Closing Costs: higher than average (+$1254)
Assessment: this lender tends to be a expensive lender.

This scoreboard is based on data reported to FFIEC. In the data, Crown Mortgage Company originated 247 mortgages, a national market share of 0.0%. It was primarily active in IL (0.1% market share) and IN (0.0% market share).

On average, Crown Mortgage Company’s interest rates were similar to those of comparable mortgages at other lenders (+0.01%).1The comparable mortgages control for Crown Mortgage Company’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 $6103, which was higher than those of comparable mortgages at $4849, with a difference of +$1254. Overall, we estimate that Crown Mortgage Company tends to be an expensive lender, with a cost-adjusted-rate difference of +0.12% 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 Crown Mortgage Company.

Crown Mortgage Company originated Conforming and FHA mortgages for new home purchases. It also originated Conforming mortgages for refinances. 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 Crown Mortgage Company compared to other lenders

ConformingFHA
Interest Rate Difference+0.09%-0.15%
Loan related Closing Cost Difference+$1495+$397
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference+0.21%-0.13%

Based on the table above, Crown Mortgage Company is cheap for FHA purchase mortgages. It is more expensive than other lenders for Conforming purchase mortgages.

Mortgage Refinancing from Crown Mortgage Company compared to other lenders

Conforming
Interest Rate Difference-0.09%
Loan Related Closing Cost Difference+$1242
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference+0.04%

Based on the table above, Crown Mortgage Company is similar to other lenders for Conforming mortgage refinance.

Other information about Crown Mortgage Company:

Regulator: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
Registered city and state: Oak Lawn, IL, 60453

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Footnotes

Footnotes
1The comparable mortgages control for Crown Mortgage Company’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.