Is Loan Cabin Inc. An Expensive Mortgage Lender?

We compare mortgage interest rate and loan related closing costs at Loan Cabin Inc. with other lenders for mortgages with similar borrower characteristics:

Interest Rate: lower than average (-0.07%)
Loan Related Closing Costs: lower than average (-$1557)
Assessment: this lender tends to be a cheap lender.

This scoreboard is based on data reported to FFIEC. In the data, Loan Cabin Inc. originated 69 mortgages, a national market share of 0.0%. It was most active in IL (0.0% market share), IN (0.0% market share), and NJ (0.0% market share).

On average, Loan Cabin Inc.’s interest rates were lower than those of comparable mortgages at other lenders (-0.07%).1The comparable mortgages control for Loan Cabin Inc.’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 $3123, which was lower than those of comparable mortgages at $4680, with a difference of -$1557. Overall, we estimate that Loan Cabin Inc. tends to be an cheap lender, with a cost-adjusted-rate difference of -0.18% 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 Loan Cabin Inc..

Loan Cabin Inc. originated Conforming 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 Loan Cabin Inc. compared to other lenders

Conforming
Interest Rate Difference-0.07%
Loan related Closing Cost Difference-$1557
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.18%

Based on the table above, Loan Cabin Inc. is cheap for Conforming purchase mortgages.

Other information about Loan Cabin Inc.:

Regulator: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
Registered city and state: Lombard, IL, 60148

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Footnotes
1The comparable mortgages control for Loan Cabin Inc.’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.