The other day I got an interesting email from Mortgage Data Web with the top mortgage lenders in Seattle for January of this year. I broke out the purchases from the re-fi’s to give you a sense of who the top players are.
Top Seattle mortgage lenders for purchases*:
| Lender | Purchases | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wells Fargo | 75 |
| 2. | Boeing Employee Credit Union | 37 |
| 3. | Bank of America | 21 |
| 4. | Countrywide | 20 |
| 5. | JP Morgan Chase | 16 |
And if you’re looking for a re-fi here are the busiest ones:
| Lender | Re-fi’s | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wells Fargo | 506 |
| 2. | Boeing Employee Credit Union | 496 |
| 3. | Countrywide | 356 |
| 4. | Provide NT Funding Associates | 233 |
| 5. | Cobalt Mortgage | 200 |
*Note the don’t have the breakout data for MetLife. Who overall is the fourth largest lender.
It’s interesting to note the huge re-fi boom, the unpopularity of ARMs and what seems to be a relatively high number of construction loans all things considered.