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First Continental Mortgage, Ltd.

Independent Mortgage CompanyHOUSTON, TXDirect to Consumer

We analyzed every closed loan from First Continental Mortgage 765 loans across 820 applications— and benchmarked them against peer lenders across the 4 Ps of Mortgage Shopping.

Pricing
Exceptional
vs. all lenders
Pull Through
Strong
closing strength
Products
Strong
FHA · Conventional · VA
Place
Strong
Multi-Region · 11 mkts
Safe Rate Awards💎FHA Champion💎VA Champion💎Purchase Champion

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Safe Rate's Summary

What They Do Well

  • Offers rates 58.00 basis points below market average
  • Lower than average lender fees
  • Strong pull through performance
  • Particularly strong in FHA and VA loans

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Report Card

First Continental Mortgage, Ltd. performance at a glance

CategoryScorevs. Peers
Overall Performance· Pricing & closing strength
Pricing
Rate competitiveness
Exceptional
Market Leader
Rates 58.0 bps below market avg
Pull Through
Closing strength
Strong
Highly Competitive
Top 40% of lenders
By Loan Product· Specialization by type
Conventional
Acceptable
Near industry average
Bottom 40% of lenders
FHA
Strong
Highly Competitive
Top 40% of lenders
VA
Strong
Highly Competitive
Top 40% of lenders
By Loan Purpose· Transaction purpose mix
Purchase
Strong
Highly Competitive
Top 40% of lenders
By Location· Geographic coverage
Geographic Reach
Coverage footprint
Strong
Highly Competitive
Top 40% of lenders
Multi-Regional11 markets

Loan Product Performance

Performance by Loan Product

Loan TypeOverall
ProductPricingPull ThroughVolumeMixSpread
Fees
Conventional
Sound
Acceptable
Exceptional
Sound
7910.3%
-0.097%Below
$717Fees
FHA Loans
Exceptional
Strong
Exceptional
Exceptional
45759.7%
-0.519%Below
$395Fees
VA Loans
Exceptional
Strong
Exceptional
Exceptional
22829.8%
-0.965%Below
$661Fees

Loan Purpose Performance

Performance by Loan Purpose

PurposeOverall
ProductPricingPull ThroughVolumeMixSpread
Fees
Purchase
Exceptional
Strong
Exceptional
Exceptional
76299.6%
-0.582%Below
$468Fees

At a Glance

Lender Overview

Lending Activity
Loans Originated
765
Applications
820
Volume
$280 million
Pricing & Closing
Avg Rate Spread
-0.580%
vs. market APOR
Avg Net Fees
$488
Origination − Credits
Pullthrough Rate
93.3%
Applications → Closed
Typical Borrower
Avg Loan Amount
$366,922
Avg Borrower Income
$132,193
Avg Property Value
$392,046

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Performance

Metro Areas
11
States Served
8
We count Washington DC as a state
Avg Place Specialization
Strong

States with Loan Originations

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Top Metro Areas by Place Specialization Score

1
Savannah, GA, GAMSA
Volume: 79Mix: 10.33%of portfolio
Place
Exceptional
2
Killeen, TXMSA
Volume: 108Mix: 14.12%of portfolio
Place
Strong
3
Fort Worth, TXMSA
Volume: 117Mix: 15.29%of portfolio
Place
Strong
4
Dallas, TXMSA
Volume: 167Mix: 21.83%of portfolio
Place
Strong
5
Houston, TXMSA
Volume: 93Mix: 12.16%of portfolio
Place
Strong
6
San Antonio, TXMSA
Volume: 55Mix: 7.19%of portfolio
Place
Sound
7
Marietta, GA, GAMSA
Volume: 34Mix: 4.44%of portfolio
Place
Sound
8
Austin, TXMSA
Volume: 30Mix: 3.92%of portfolio
Place
Sound
9
Tacoma, WAMSA
Volume: 21Mix: 2.75%of portfolio
Place
Sound
10
Sherman, TXMSA
Volume: 15Mix: 1.96%of portfolio
Place
Sound
Showing 10 of 11 metro areas

Top States by Place Specialization Score

1
TXState
Volume: 586Mix: 76.60%of portfolio
Place
Strong
2
GAState
Volume: 132Mix: 17.25%of portfolio
Place
Strong
3
WAState
Volume: 23Mix: 3.01%of portfolio
Place
Sound

How We Rank Lenders

Our rankings use geometric mean scoring across equally-weighted categories. This rewards lenders who perform consistently well across all metrics, not just excel in one area.

Our Point System (Max 30 Points)

10
Pricing
Rate and fee competitiveness (33%)
10
Pull Through
Reliability in closing loans (33%)
10
Product
Specialization in the loan type (33%)
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Champion(80%+ = 24-30 points)
Superstar(60-79% = 18-23 points)

Data Integrity & Updates

Data is updated quarterly based on the latest HMDA filings and proprietary SafeRate analysis. All metrics are calculated using standardized methodologies to ensure fair comparison across lenders.

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The 4 PsRankings are calculated based on observed lender differences on closed loans across Pricing, Pull-through, Product, and Place.
No Pay to PlayLenders cannot buy their way to the top. Rankings are 100% earned.
HMDA 2024Built using publicly available originated loan data from the federal government.
Peer BenchmarkedPerformance is normalized and benchmarked against peer institutions.