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Trailblazer Mortgage

Independent Mortgage Company•Tallahassee, FLHQ•Direct•Reviews near you on Google

We analyzed every closed loan from Trailblazer Mortgage — 1.3k loans across 2k 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
Exceptional
5/5
vs. all lenders
Pull-through
Strong
4/5
closing strength
Product
Strong
4/5
FHA · Conventional · VA · USDA
Place
Strong
4/5
Regional · 8 mkts
Promptness
Not enough data
—/5
No quote responses measured yet
Safe Rate Awards
FHA Champion
FHA
Champion
VA Superstar
VA
Superstar
Purchase Superstar
Purchase
Superstar

Safe Rate Summary

What They Do Well

  • Offers rates 73.90 basis points below market average
  • Strong pull through performance
  • Particularly strong in FHA and VA and USDA loans

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Report Card

Trailblazer Mortgage performance at a glance

Overall Performance· Pricing & closing strength
Pricing
Rate competitiveness
Exceptional
Rates 73.9 bps below market avg
5/5
Pull Through
Closing strength
Strong
Top 40% of lenders
4/5
By Loan Product· Specialization by type
Conventional
338 loans · 0.01% below market
Sound
Top 60% of lenders
3/5
FHA
842 loans · 0.97% below market
Strong
Top 40% of lenders
4/5
VA
114 loans · 1.46% below market
Strong
Top 40% of lenders
4/5
USDA
22 loans · 1.37% below market
Strong
Top 40% of lenders
4/5
By Loan Purpose· Transaction purpose mix
Purchase
1,317 loans · 0.74% below market
Strong
Top 40% of lenders
4/5
By Location· Geographic coverage
Geographic Reach
Regional · 9 markets
Strong
Top 40% of lenders
4/5

Loan Product Performance

Performance by Loan Product

Conventional
Overall
Sound
Product
Sound
Pricing
Sound
Pull Through
Sound
Volume338
Mix25.7%
Spread
-0.007%Below
Fees
$2,710Fees
FHA Loans
Overall
Strong
Product
Strong
Pricing
Exceptional
Pull Through
Strong
Volume842
Mix63.9%
Spread
-0.969%Below
Fees
$2,225Fees
VA Loans
Overall
Strong
Product
Strong
Pricing
Exceptional
Pull Through
Strong
Volume114
Mix8.7%
Spread
-1.455%Below
Fees
$204Fees
USDA Loans
Overall
Strong
Product
Strong
Pricing—
Pull Through
Sound
Volume22
Mix1.7%
Spread
-1.374%Below
Fees
$1,903Fees

Loan Purpose Performance

Performance by Loan Purpose

Purchase
Overall
Strong
Product
Strong
Pricing
Exceptional
Pull Through
Sound
Volume1,317
Mix100.0%
Spread
-0.739%Below
Fees
$2,267Fees

At a Glance

Lender Overview

Lending Activity
Loans Originated
1,317
Applications
1,889
Volume
$478 million
Pricing & Closing
Avg Rate Spread
-0.739%
vs. market APOR
Avg Net Fees
$2,267
Origination − Credits
Pullthrough Rate
69.7%
Applications → Closed
Typical Borrower
Avg Loan Amount
$363,671
Avg Borrower Income
$112,874
Avg Property Value
$400,953

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Performance

Metro Areas
8
markets with activity
States Served
3
of 50 states + DC
Avg Place Specialization
Strong
4/5

States with Loan Originations

3Full-year 2024 · HMDA
3 states with loan originations
Loans originated
< 5050–500500+None
South3
FLGATN

Top Metro Areas by Place Specialization Score

1© Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States · CC0
Atlanta, GAMetro
Volume 672Mix 51.03% of portfolio
89/100
Exceptional
2© Interface Multimedia, Inc. · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tampa, FLMetro
Volume 232Mix 17.62% of portfolio
78/100
Strong
3© Butter142 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lakeland, FLMetro
Volume 104Mix 7.90% of portfolio
74/100
Strong
4© The Floridian Boricua · CC BY-SA 2.0
Orlando, FLMetro
Volume 132Mix 10.02% of portfolio
71/100
Strong
5© Bubba73 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marietta, GAMetro
Volume 72Mix 5.47% of portfolio
67/100
Strong
6© Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0
Nashville, TNMetro
Volume 35Mix 2.66% of portfolio
54/100
Sound
7© Rino Landa · CC BY-SA 4.0
North Port, FLMetro
Volume 23Mix 1.75% of portfolio
52/100
Sound
8© nick hoke · CC BY 3.0
Deltona, FLMetro
Volume 18Mix 1.37% of portfolio
49/100
Sound

Top States by Place Specialization Score

Georgia
Georgia
1
GeorgiaState
Volume 770Mix 58.47% of portfolio
84/100
Exceptional
Florida
Florida
2
FloridaState
Volume 512Mix 38.88% of portfolio
74/100
Strong
Tennessee
Tennessee
3
TennesseeState
Volume 35Mix 2.66% of portfolio
50/100
Sound

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.