Midwest Mortgage Associates Interest Rate and Cost Review

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

Review ItemMidwest Mortgage Associates
Interest Ratesimilar to other lenders (-0.03%)
Loan Related Closing Costssimilar to other lenders (+$166)
National Rate and Closing Cost Star Rating(3.5)

On average, Midwest Mortgage Associates’s interest rates were similar to those of other lenders (-0.03%). Its loan related closing costs were also similar to those of other lenders, with a difference of +$166. Overall, combining interest rates and closing costs we estimate that Midwest Mortgage Associates 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 Midwest Mortgage Associates, check out its website at: https://www.angieslist.com.

Midwest Mortgage Associates’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 Midwest Mortgage Associates was most active in:

  1. Colorado Springs, CO
  2. Pueblo, CO
  3. Columbia, MO
  4. Tulsa, OK
  5. Fort Worth, TX

Midwest Mortgage Associates’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, Midwest Mortgage Associates originated Conforming, FHA, USDA and VA mortgages for new home purchases. It also originated Conforming, FHA 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-0.03%-0.03%-0.01%-0.04%
Loan Related Closing Cost Difference+$228+$101+$16+$239
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.01%-0.02%-0.01%-0.02%
National Star Rating(3.5)(3.5)(3.5)(3.5)
Refinance MortgagesConformingFHAVA
Interest Rate Difference-0.04%-0.02%+0.01%
Loan Related Closing Cost Difference+$125-$28+$26
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.03%-0.02%+0.01%
Average Star Rating(3.5)(3.5)(3.5)

As a summary, Midwest Mortgage Associates is similar to other lenders for Conforming, FHA, USDA and VA purchase mortgages. For refinancing mortgages, Midwest Mortgage Associates is similar to other lenders for Conforming, FHA and VA 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 Midwest Mortgage Associates:

Registered name: Midwest Mortgage Associates
Registered city and state: Colorado Springs, CO, 80918
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 Midwest Mortgage Associates’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.