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First Alliance Home Mortgage

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We analyzed every closed loan from First Alliance Home Mortgage 869 loans across 1k applications— and benchmarked them against peer lenders across the 5 Ps of Mortgage Shopping.

Safe Rate Ratings· each scored 1–5 against peer lenders
Pricing
Acceptable
2/5
vs. all lenders
Pull-through
Sound
3/5
closing strength
Product
Strong
4/5
FHA · Conventional · VA
Place
Sound
3/5
Multi-Region · 21 mkts
Promptness
Not enough data
—/5
No quote responses measured yet

Safe Rate Summary

Things to Think About

  • Pricing may be below industry average

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Report Card

First Alliance Home Mortgage performance at a glance

Overall Performance· Pricing & closing strength
Pricing
Rate competitiveness
Acceptable
+35.4 bps above market avg
2/5
Pull Through
Closing strength
Sound
Top 60% of lenders
3/5
By Loan Product· Specialization by type
Conventional
501 loans · 0.37% above market
Sound
Top 60% of lenders
3/5
FHA
342 loans · 0.67% above market
Strong
Top 40% of lenders
4/5
VA
24 loans · 0.46% below market
Sound
Top 60% of lenders
3/5
By Loan Purpose· Transaction purpose mix
Purchase
623 loans · 0.41% above market
Strong
Top 40% of lenders
4/5
Refinance
246 loans · 0.05% below market
Sound
Top 60% of lenders
3/5
By Location· Geographic coverage
Geographic Reach
Multi-Regional · 22 markets
Sound
Top 60% of lenders
3/5

Loan Product Performance

Performance by Loan Product

Conventional
Overall
Sound
Product
Sound
Pricing
Acceptable
Pull Through
Sound
Volume501
Mix57.7%
Spread
+0.368%Above
Fees
$3,458Fees
FHA Loans
Overall
Sound
Product
Strong
Pricing
Mediocre
Pull Through
Sound
Volume342
Mix39.4%
Spread
+0.669%Above
Fees
$4,697Fees
VA Loans
Overall
Acceptable
Product
Sound
Pricing
Acceptable
Pull Through
Acceptable
Volume24
Mix2.8%
Spread
-0.463%Below
Fees
$3,499Fees

Loan Purpose Performance

Performance by Loan Purpose

Purchase
Overall
Sound
Product
Strong
Pricing
Acceptable
Pull Through
Sound
Volume623
Mix71.7%
Spread
+0.411%Above
Fees
$3,675Fees
Refinance
Overall
Acceptable
Product
Sound
Pricing
Mediocre
Pull Through
Acceptable
Volume246
Mix28.3%
Spread
-0.051%Below
Fees
$2,843Fees

At a Glance

Lender Overview

Lending Activity
Loans Originated
869
Applications
1,386
Volume
$291 million
Pricing & Closing
Avg Rate Spread
+0.354%
vs. market APOR
Avg Net Fees
$3,573
Origination − Credits
Pullthrough Rate
62.7%
Applications → Closed
Typical Borrower
Avg Loan Amount
$335,046
Avg Borrower Income
$123,513
Avg Property Value
$420,374

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Performance

Metro Areas
21
markets with activity
States Served
22
of 50 states + DC
Avg Place Specialization
Sound
3/5

States with Loan Originations

22Full-year 2024 · HMDA
22 states with loan originations
Loans originated
< 1010–2020–5050–100100+None
Northeast4
CTNJNYPA
Midwest3
ILINOH
South11
DCDEFLGAKYMDMSNCSCTNVA
West4
AZCAIDMT

Top Metro Areas by Place Specialization Score

1© Jeffrey Hayes · CC BY 2.0
Harrisburg, PAMetro
Volume 84Mix 9.67% of portfolio
77/100
Strong
2© Smallbones · CC0
York, PAMetro
Volume 66Mix 7.59% of portfolio
68/100
Strong
Volume 79Mix 9.09% of portfolio
68/100
Strong
Volume 68Mix 7.83% of portfolio
67/100
Strong
5© Dllu · CC BY-SA 4.0
New York, NY-NJMetro
Volume 55Mix 6.33% of portfolio
59/100
Sound
6© Smith, H. B. · Public domain
Atlantic City, NJMetro
Volume 26Mix 2.99% of portfolio
57/100
Sound
Volume 26Mix 2.99% of portfolio
55/100
Sound
Volume 29Mix 3.34% of portfolio
52/100
Sound
Volume 19Mix 2.19% of portfolio
49/100
Sound
10© Dough4872 · Public domain
Montgomery County, PAMetro
Volume 19Mix 2.19% of portfolio
49/100
Sound
Showing 10 of 21 metro areas

Top States by Place Specialization Score

New Jersey
New Jersey
1
New JerseyState
Volume 246Mix 28.31% of portfolio
76/100
Strong
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
2
PennsylvaniaState
Volume 235Mix 27.04% of portfolio
73/100
Strong
Maryland
Maryland
3
MarylandState
Volume 76Mix 8.75% of portfolio
61/100
Strong
Florida
Florida
4
FloridaState
Volume 86Mix 9.90% of portfolio
55/100
Sound
New York
New York
5
New YorkState
Volume 40Mix 4.60% of portfolio
52/100
Sound
North Carolina
North Carolina
6
North CarolinaState
Volume 34Mix 3.91% of portfolio
48/100
Sound
Connecticut
Connecticut
7
ConnecticutState
Volume 23Mix 2.65% of portfolio
48/100
Sound
Virginia
Virginia
8
VirginiaState
Volume 25Mix 2.88% of portfolio
47/100
Sound
Tennessee
Tennessee
9
TennesseeState
Volume 24Mix 2.76% of portfolio
46/100
Sound
Georgia
Georgia
10
GeorgiaState
Volume 14Mix 1.61% of portfolio
40/100
Acceptable
Showing 10 of 13 states

How We Rank Lenders

Our rankings use an equal-weight average of scores across the 5 Ps — Pricing, Product, Pull-Through, and Place — with lender promptness blending in as the fifth once a lender has responded to real shopper quote requests.

Our Point System (Max 50 Points)

10/ 50 pts
Pricing
How competitively a lender prices vs. the market benchmark (20%).
10/ 50 pts
Product
Performance on your specific loan type (20%).
10/ 50 pts
Pull Through
How reliably a lender closes the loans it starts (20%).
10/ 50 pts
Place
Depth of a lender's expertise in your local market (20%).
10/ 50 pts
Promptness
How quickly a lender answers real quote requests — blended in once they respond (20%).
Champion
Champion(80%+ = 40-50 points)
Superstar
Superstar(60-79% = 30-39 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.