Is The Lending Partners LLC An Expensive Mortgage Lender?

We compare mortgage interest rate and loan related closing costs at The Lending Partners LLC with other lenders for mortgages with similar borrower characteristics:

Interest Rate: lower than average (-0.17%)
Loan Related Closing Costs: similar to average (-$21)
Assessment: this lender tends to be a cheap lender.

This scoreboard is based on data reported to FFIEC. In the data, The Lending Partners LLC originated 592 mortgages, a national market share of 0.0%. It was primarily active in TX, with a 0.1% market share.

On average, The Lending Partners LLC’s interest rates were lower than those of comparable mortgages at other lenders (-0.17%).1The comparable mortgages control for The Lending Partners 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 $5738, which was similar to those of comparable mortgages at $5759, with a difference of -$21. Overall, we estimate that The Lending Partners LLC tends to be an cheap lender, with a cost-adjusted-rate difference of -0.17% 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 The Lending Partners LLC.

The Lending Partners LLC originated Conforming, FHA and VA 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 The Lending Partners LLC compared to other lenders

ConformingFHAVA
Interest Rate Difference-0.16%-0.32%-0.14%
Loan related Closing Cost Difference-$16+$119-$195
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.17%-0.31%-0.14%

Based on the table above, The Lending Partners LLC is cheap for Conforming, FHA and VA purchase mortgages.

Other information about The Lending Partners LLC:

Regulator: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
Registered city and state: PLANO, TX, 75024

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Footnotes

Footnotes
1The comparable mortgages control for The Lending Partners 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.