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Smart Choice Mortgage

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Smart Choice Mortgage has 64 closed loans in our dataset — fully analyzed and benchmarked against peers across the 5 Ps of Mortgage Shopping.

Safe Rate Ratings· each scored 1–5 against peer lenders
Pricing
Strong
4/5
vs. all lenders
Pull-through
Sound
3/5
closing strength
Product
Acceptable
2/5
Conventional
Place
Sound
3/5
Single State · 2 mkts

Safe Rate Summary

What They Do Well

  • Competitive pricing compared to the market
  • Lower than average lender fees

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Report Card

Smart Choice Mortgage performance at a glance

Overall Performance· Pricing & closing strength
Pricing
Rate competitiveness
Strong
+3.3 bps above market avg
Pull Through
Closing strength
Sound
Top 60% of lenders
By Loan Product· Specialization by type
Conventional
Acceptable
Bottom 40% of lenders
By Loan Purpose· Transaction purpose mix
Purchase
Acceptable
Bottom 40% of lenders
By Location· Geographic coverage
Geographic Reach
Single State · 2 markets
Sound
Top 60% of lenders

Loan Product Performance

Performance by Loan Product

Conventional
Overall
Sound
Product
Acceptable
Pricing
Strong
Pull Through
Sound
Volume62
Mix96.9%
Spread
+0.031%Above
Fees
$1,478Fees

Loan Purpose Performance

Performance by Loan Purpose

Purchase
Overall
Sound
Product
Acceptable
Pricing
Strong
Pull Through
Acceptable
Volume62
Mix96.9%
Spread
+0.033%Above
Fees
$1,437Fees

At a Glance

Lender Overview

Lending Activity
Loans Originated
64
Applications
80
Volume
$32 million
Pricing & Closing
Avg Rate Spread
+0.033%
vs. market APOR
Avg Net Fees
$1,437
Origination − Credits
Pullthrough Rate
80.0%
Applications → Closed
Typical Borrower
Avg Loan Amount
$512,031
Avg Borrower Income
$265,359
Avg Property Value
$781,562

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Performance

Metro Areas
2
markets with activity
States Served
1
of 50 states + DC
Avg Place Specialization
Sound
3/5

States with Loan Originations

1
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TX

Top Metro Areas by Place Specialization Score

Volume 34Mix 53.12% of portfolio
64/100
Strong
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San Antonio, TXMetro
Volume 21Mix 32.81% of portfolio
55/100
Sound

Top States by Place Specialization Score

Texas
Texas
1
TexasState
Volume 64Mix 100.00% of portfolio
62/100
Strong

How We Rank Lenders

Our rankings use an equal-weight average of scores across our core categories (Pricing, Product, Pull-Through, Place), with lender promptness blended in when a lender has responded to real shopper quote requests.

Our Point System (Max 30 Points)

10/ 30 pts
Pricing
Rate and fee competitiveness (33%)
10/ 30 pts
Pull Through
Reliability in closing loans (33%)
10/ 30 pts
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 5 PsRankings are calculated from observed lender differences on closed loans across Pricing, Pull-through, Product, and Place, plus Promptness when a lender has answered real shopper quote requests.
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.