Is TruStone Home Mortgage An Expensive Mortgage Lender?

We compare mortgage interest rate and loan related closing costs at TruStone Home Mortgage with other lenders for mortgages with similar borrower characteristics:

Interest Rate: lower than average (-0.07%)
Loan Related Closing Costs: similar to average (-$60)
Assessment: this lender tends to be a cheap lender.

This scoreboard is based on data reported to FFIEC. In the data, TruStone Home Mortgage originated 327 mortgages, a national market share of 0.0%. It was primarily active in MN (0.2% market share) and WI (0.0% market share).

On average, TruStone Home Mortgage’s interest rates were lower than those of comparable mortgages at other lenders (-0.07%).1The comparable mortgages control for TruStone Home Mortgage’s distribution of loan term (e.g. 30 year vs 15 year), loan-to-value (LTV), debt-to-income (DTI), loan amount, loan program (e.g. Conforming/FHA), loan purpose (e.g. purchase/refinance), and county. Interest rate and loan related closing costs are estimated based on fixed rate mortgages only, whereas market shares include all purchase or refinance mortgages. Its average total loan related closing cost was $5822, which was similar to those of comparable mortgages at $5882, with a difference of -$60. Overall, we estimate that TruStone Home Mortgage tends to be an cheap lender, with a cost-adjusted-rate difference of -0.08% compared to comparable mortgages at other lenders.2Cost adjusted rates were computed based on each percent of the loan amount in loan related closing costs being worth 1/6 of a percentage point in interest rate. Nevertheless, we recommend comparing your rate and fees with at least a few other lenders before signing with TruStone Home Mortgage.

TruStone Home Mortgage originated Conforming and FHA mortgages for new home purchases. We breakdown its interest rate and total loan related closing cost on by each of the mortgage types it originated below:

Home Purchase Mortgages from TruStone Home Mortgage compared to other lenders

ConformingFHA
Interest Rate Difference+0.13%-0.14%
Loan related Closing Cost Difference+$421-$224
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference+0.13%-0.16%

Based on the table above, TruStone Home Mortgage is cheap for FHA purchase mortgages. It is more expensive than other lenders for Conforming purchase mortgages.

Other information about TruStone Home Mortgage:

Regulator: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) 
Registered city and state: Plymouth, MN, 55447

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Footnotes
1The comparable mortgages control for TruStone Home Mortgage’s distribution of loan term (e.g. 30 year vs 15 year), loan-to-value (LTV), debt-to-income (DTI), loan amount, loan program (e.g. Conforming/FHA), loan purpose (e.g. purchase/refinance), and county. Interest rate and loan related closing costs are estimated based on fixed rate mortgages only, whereas market shares include all purchase or refinance mortgages.
2Cost adjusted rates were computed based on each percent of the loan amount in loan related closing costs being worth 1/6 of a percentage point in interest rate.