Is Howard Hanna Mortgage Services An Expensive Mortgage Lender?

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

Interest Rate: lower than average (-0.10%)
Loan Related Closing Costs: lower than average (-$972)
Assessment: this lender tends to be a cheap lender.

This scoreboard is based on data reported to FFIEC. In the data, Howard Hanna Mortgage Services originated 3334 mortgages, a national market share of 0.1%. It was primarily active in OH (1.4% market share) and MI (0.1% market share).

On average, Howard Hanna Mortgage Services’s interest rates were lower than those of comparable mortgages at other lenders (-0.10%).1The comparable mortgages control for Howard Hanna Mortgage Services’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 $2896, which was lower than those of comparable mortgages at $3868, with a difference of -$972. Overall, we estimate that Howard Hanna Mortgage Services tends to be an cheap lender, with a cost-adjusted-rate difference of -0.22% 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 Howard Hanna Mortgage Services.

Howard Hanna Mortgage Services originated Conforming, FHA, USDA 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 Howard Hanna Mortgage Services compared to other lenders

ConformingFHAUSDAVA
Interest Rate Difference-0.12%-0.07%-0.16%+0.04%
Loan related Closing Cost Difference-$845-$1831-$1402-$120
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.21%-0.34%-0.35%+0.01%

Based on the table above, Howard Hanna Mortgage Services is cheap for Conforming, FHA and USDA purchase mortgages. It is similar to other lenders for VA purchase mortgages.

Mortgage Refinancing from Howard Hanna Mortgage Services compared to other lenders

Conforming
Interest Rate Difference-0.14%
Loan Related Closing Cost Difference+$86
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.11%

Based on the table above, Howard Hanna Mortgage Services is cheap for Conforming mortgage refinance.

Other information about Howard Hanna Mortgage Services:

Regulator: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
Registered city and state: Mayfield Hts, OH, 44124

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Footnotes

Footnotes
1The comparable mortgages control for Howard Hanna Mortgage Services’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.