Golden Oak Lending Mortgage Interest Rate and Cost Review

Is Golden Oak Lending a cheap or expensive mortgage lender? To help you shop for a mortgage, we compare the interest rates and closing costs charged by Golden Oak Lending to those of other lenders for a comparable set of borrowers. Here is our review of Golden Oak Lending nationally:

Review ItemGolden Oak Lending
Interest Ratesimilar to other lenders (-0.06%)
Loan Related Closing Costshigher than other lenders (+$1103)
National Rate and Closing Cost Star Rating(3.5)

On average, Golden Oak Lending’s interest rates were similar to those of other lenders (-0.06%). On the other hand, its loan related closing costs were higher than those of other lenders, with a difference of +$1103. Overall, combining interest rates and closing costs we estimate that Golden Oak Lending tends to be an average cost lender, and give it a National Rate and Closing Costs Rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars.

We maintain our independence by not accepting any money from the mortgage lenders we review. To visit Golden Oak Lending, check out its website at: https://www.goldenoaklending.com.

Golden Oak Lending’s Rate Review by City

Mortgage lenders often set different rates in different geographical markets. For our list of the top mortgage lenders by city, click here. In particular, among the cities we track Golden Oak Lending was most active in:

  1. St. Louis, MO
  2. Kansas City, MO
  3. Pittsburgh, PA
  4. Denver, CO
  5. Edwardsville, IL

Golden Oak Lending’s Rate Review by Mortgage Type

Mortgage lenders also tend to charge different interest rates and closing costs depending on the type of mortgage. In our data, Golden Oak Lending originated Conforming, FHA, USDA and VA mortgages for new home purchases. It also originated Conforming, FHA, Jumbo and VA mortgages for refinances. Its average interest rate and total loan related closing cost difference relative to other lenders for comparable borrowers by mortgages type is as follows.

Purchase/Refinance:
New Purchase MortgagesConformingFHAUSDAVA
Interest Rate Difference+0.01%-0.04%-0.01%-0.00%
Loan Related Closing Cost Difference+$238+$168-$10+$18
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference+0.03%-0.02%-0.01%-0.00%
National Star Rating(3.5)(3.5)(3.5)(3.5)
Refinance MortgagesConformingFHAJumboVA
Interest Rate Difference+0.01%-0.19%+0.01%-0.01%
Loan Related Closing Cost Difference+$1491+$674+$92-$6
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference+0.14%-0.13%+0.01%-0.01%
Average Star Rating(3)(4)(3.5)(3.5)

As a summary, Golden Oak Lending is similar to other lenders for Conforming, FHA, USDA and VA purchase mortgages. For refinancing mortgages, Golden Oak Lending is cheap for FHA mortgage refinance. It is similar to other lenders for Jumbo and VA mortgage refinance. It is more expensive than other lenders for Conforming mortgage refinance. Nevertheless, individual circumstances can matter a lot for mortgage rates, and we always recommend shopping among several of our top mortgage lenders in your area before signing.

Other information about Golden Oak Lending:

Registered name: Golden Oak Lending
Registered city and state: ST. LOUIS, MO, 63146
Regulator: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

* Source of the data is Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) and is for mortgages originated in the past year. Our comparable mortgages analysis controls for Golden Oak Lending’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 commuting zone. Cost adjusted rates were computed based on each percent of the loan amount in above average loan related closing costs being worth +0.15 of a percentage point in interest rate. Furthermore, the amounts are regularized using a Bayesian approach to control for small samples.