Is Get a Rate LLC An Expensive Mortgage Lender?

We compare mortgage interest rate and loan related closing costs at Get a Rate LLC with other lenders for mortgages with similar borrower characteristics:

Interest Rate: lower than average (-0.10%)
Loan Related Closing Costs: lower than average (-$689)
Assessment: this lender tends to be a cheap lender.

This scoreboard is based on data reported to FFIEC. In the data, Get a Rate LLC originated 432 mortgages, a national market share of 0.0%. It was most active in NJ (0.2% market share), FL (0.0% market share), and CT (0.0% market share).

On average, Get a Rate LLC’s interest rates were lower than those of comparable mortgages at other lenders (-0.10%).1The comparable mortgages control for Get a Rate LLC’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 $5941, which was lower than those of comparable mortgages at $6631, with a difference of -$689. Overall, we estimate that Get a Rate LLC tends to be an cheap lender, with a cost-adjusted-rate difference of -0.13% 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 Get a Rate LLC.

Get a Rate LLC originated Conforming and FHA mortgages for new home purchases. 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 Get a Rate LLC compared to other lenders

ConformingFHA
Interest Rate Difference-0.10%-0.07%
Loan related Closing Cost Difference-$575-$1053
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.13%-0.14%

Based on the table above, Get a Rate LLC is cheap for Conforming and FHA purchase mortgages.

Other information about Get a Rate LLC:

Regulator: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
Registered city and state: ELMWOOD PARK, NJ, 07407

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1The comparable mortgages control for Get a Rate LLC’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.