# Help me find the best mortgage lender

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-best-mortgage-lender/206520>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 9, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-best-mortgage-lender/206520 "2003-10-09T18:49:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![freetobeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@freetobeme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freetobeme)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-best-mortgage-lender/206520/1 "2003-10-09T18:49:29Z")

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I see that the ‘Help me find the best \<x\>’ threads seem to do well here so…

I’m looking at mortgage lenders and although I understand the proper way to shop a mortgage I need help in narrowing my efforts.

So, quite simply, who’d you use and did their product work for you?

TIA

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-best-mortgage-lender/206520/2 "2003-10-10T00:09:47Z")

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I did mine on line…and had GREAT success. Everything above-board and quick. Got a really good interest rate as well!

Use the big name-brand websites. Google “mortgage” and stand back from your monitor…you will be amazed at your choices.

I made use of both QuickenLoans and The Lending Tree…they were both good, but one was a little faster to get back to me, so I stuck with them and didn’t regret it.

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**Author:** ![freetobeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@freetobeme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freetobeme)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-best-mortgage-lender/206520/3 "2003-10-10T13:05:02Z")

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Thanks **DMark**!! You’re exactly right when you say stand back! It’s overwhelming the number of choices. I’m also considering e-loan as they have a system that returns a wide variety of options plus detailed info.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-best-mortgage-lender/206520/4 "2003-10-10T23:29:26Z")

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Where are you located? If it’s in the bay area, I can recommend a couple.

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**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-best-mortgage-lender/206520/5 "2003-10-11T01:31:47Z")

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We were pretty happy with Chase. They had a good level of service which we needed when we were buying our house (our first). We have since refinanced to a cheaper no-frills kind of place, who are going to sell our mortgage to some other institution shortly.

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**Author:** ![freetobeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@freetobeme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freetobeme)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-best-mortgage-lender/206520/6 "2003-10-11T02:36:49Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Bill H. \*  
> \*\*Where are you located? If it’s in the bay area, I can recommend a couple. \*\*

I’m actually in New England. I appreciate the responses. It’s important to know who plays above board and who doesn’t. If anyone has any they definitely DON’T recommend, I’m all ears (eyes?).