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SMART CHOICE MORTGAGE, A Texas Limited Liability Company

Independent Mortgage CompanyHOUSTON, TXDirect

Smart Choice Mortgage a Texas Limited Liability has 64 closed loans in our dataset — fully analyzed and benchmarked against peers across the 4 Ps of Mortgage Shopping.

Pricing
Strong
vs. all lenders
Pull Through
Sound
closing strength
Products
Acceptable
Conventional
Place
Sound
Single State · 2 mkts

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Safe Rate's 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, A Texas Limited Liability Company performance at a glance

CategoryScorevs. Peers
Overall Performance· Pricing & closing strength
Pricing
Rate competitiveness
Strong
Highly Competitive
+3.3 bps above market avg
Pull Through
Closing strength
Sound
Industry Standard
Top 60% of lenders
By Loan Product· Specialization by type
Conventional
Acceptable
Near industry average
Bottom 40% of lenders
By Loan Purpose· Transaction purpose mix
Purchase
Acceptable
Near industry average
Bottom 40% of lenders
By Location· Geographic coverage
Geographic Reach
Coverage footprint
Sound
Industry Standard
Top 60% of lenders
Single State2 markets

Loan Product Performance

Performance by Loan Product

Loan TypeOverall
ProductPricingPull ThroughVolumeMixSpread
Fees
Conventional
Sound
Acceptable
Strong
Sound
6296.9%
+0.031%Above
$1,478Fees

Loan Purpose Performance

Performance by Loan Purpose

PurposeOverall
ProductPricingPull ThroughVolumeMixSpread
Fees
Purchase
Sound
Acceptable
Strong
Acceptable
6296.9%
+0.033%Above
$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
States Served
1
We count Washington DC as a state
Avg Place Specialization
Sound

States with Loan Originations

TX

Top Metro Areas by Place Specialization Score

1
Austin, TXMSA
Volume: 34Mix: 53.12%of portfolio
Place
Strong
2
San Antonio, TXMSA
Volume: 21Mix: 32.81%of portfolio
Place
Sound

Top States by Place Specialization Score

1
TXState
Volume: 64Mix: 100.00%of portfolio
Place
Strong

How We Rank Lenders

Our rankings use a weighted average of scores across equally-weighted categories to evaluate lenders on a linear, raw performance scale.

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.