Is Resource Lenders Inc. An Expensive Mortgage Lender?

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

Interest Rate: similar to average (-0.01%)
Loan Related Closing Costs: lower than average (-$1924)
Assessment: this lender tends to be a cheap lender.

This scoreboard is based on data reported to FFIEC. In the data, Resource Lenders Inc. originated 1155 mortgages, a national market share of 0.0%. It was primarily active in CA (0.2% market share) and NV (0.0% market share).

On average, Resource Lenders Inc.’s interest rates were similar to those of comparable mortgages at other lenders (-0.01%).1The comparable mortgages control for Resource Lenders 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 $4697, which was lower than those of comparable mortgages at $6620, with a difference of -$1924. Overall, we estimate that Resource Lenders Inc. tends to be an cheap 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. Nevertheless, we recommend comparing your rate and fees with at least a few other lenders before signing with Resource Lenders Inc..

Resource Lenders Inc. originated Conforming, FHA and VA 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 Resource Lenders Inc. compared to other lenders

ConformingFHAVA
Interest Rate Difference+0.13%-0.14%-0.07%
Loan related Closing Cost Difference-$1705-$2858-$8
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference+0.00%-0.35%-0.07%

Based on the table above, Resource Lenders Inc. is cheap for FHA and VA purchase mortgages. It is similar to other lenders for Conforming purchase mortgages.

Mortgage Refinancing from Resource Lenders Inc. compared to other lenders

Conforming
Interest Rate Difference+0.09%
Loan Related Closing Cost Difference-$1433
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.06%

Based on the table above, Resource Lenders Inc. is cheap for Conforming mortgage refinance.

Other information about Resource Lenders Inc.:

Regulator: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
Registered city and state: FRESNO, CA, 93711

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Footnotes
1The comparable mortgages control for Resource Lenders 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.