Is Skyline Financial Corp. An Expensive Mortgage Lender?

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

Interest Rate: lower than average (-0.19%)
Loan Related Closing Costs: lower than average (-$405)
Assessment: this lender tends to be a cheap lender.

This scoreboard is based on data reported to FFIEC. In the data, Skyline Financial Corp. originated 1272 mortgages, a national market share of 0.0%. It was most active in CA (0.1% market share), HI (0.1% market share), and AZ (0.1% market share).

On average, Skyline Financial Corp.’s interest rates were lower than those of comparable mortgages at other lenders (-0.19%).1The comparable mortgages control for Skyline Financial Corp.’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 $6058, which was lower than those of comparable mortgages at $6463, with a difference of -$405. Overall, we estimate that Skyline Financial Corp. tends to be an cheap lender, with a cost-adjusted-rate difference of -0.21% 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 Skyline Financial Corp..

Skyline Financial Corp. 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 Skyline Financial Corp. compared to other lenders

ConformingFHAVA
Interest Rate Difference-0.19%-0.26%-0.18%
Loan related Closing Cost Difference-$170-$332-$1565
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.20%-0.29%-0.27%

Based on the table above, Skyline Financial Corp. is cheap for Conforming, FHA and VA purchase mortgages.

Mortgage Refinancing from Skyline Financial Corp. compared to other lenders

Conforming
Interest Rate Difference-0.13%
Loan Related Closing Cost Difference-$658
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.15%

Based on the table above, Skyline Financial Corp. is cheap for Conforming mortgage refinance.

Other information about Skyline Financial Corp.:

Regulator: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
Registered city and state: GOLD RIVER, CA, 95670

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Footnotes

Footnotes
1The comparable mortgages control for Skyline Financial Corp.’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.