# Online mortgage broker thingies

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 8, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-mortgage-broker-thingies/316204 "2005-08-08T22:50:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-mortgage-broker-thingies/316204/1 "2005-08-08T22:50:52Z")

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I am looking to get pre-approved for a mortgage. I could go around to various banks and apply but that seems like a lot of work. Has anyone used one of the mortgage websites like [LendingTree.com](http://LendingTree.com) and gotten good results? I hear that a lot of smaller S&Ls get most of their mortgage business this way these days.