I have written extensively here on FICO scores and how to improve one’s credit rating to be competive when it comes to getting a mortgage or other types of loans. I have been meaning to get to a service which purports to issue all of a clients credit scores instantly online for a fee….the MyFico Credit Service.

So here goes…

Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., a retail and wholesale mortgage company whose parent company is the mega-bank, Chase Manhattan Bank, rose in prominence during the real estate boom as a leading mortgage lender and servicer. In early 2001, Chase Manhattan Mortgage also purchased Advanta Mortgage.

We located a Chase Mortgage website, seven telephone numbers, and more than a few past customer and former employee complaints.

Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. is a retail and wholesale mortgage company who through a nationwide broker network rose to national prominence as a mortgage lender and servicer. We located a website, seven telephone numbers, and more than a few past customer complaints.

Taylor Bean & Whitaker Website and Phone Contacts

Taylor Bean & Whitaker Website: http://www.taylorbean.com/
Taylor Bean & Whitaker Phone:
888-225-2164
352-351-1109
800-728-1129
(866) 409-2665
(877) 843-1631

CitiFinancial is a subsidiary retail mortgage lender and servicer of parent Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) which focuses on home equity and personal lending. We located a website, 23 telephone numbers, and more than a few customer complaints.

CitiFinancial Website and Phone Contacts

CitiFinancial Website: http://CitiFinancial.com
CitiFinancial Phone:
800-995-2274

Green Tree Servicing LLC (Parent company: Green Tree Financial Corporation) is a mortgage servicer of residential and manufactured housing mortgage loans for their own lending division as well as a subservicer for other mortgage lenders. We uncovered 17 phone numbers, their website, a few lawsuits, and some egregious customer complaints.

LendingTree, LLC is primarily a lead generation website located at LendingTree.com. In reality most mortgage website are lead generation website, but Lending Tree was one of the first and most profitable due in part to their omnipresent TV commercials shouting the dubious message, “When Banks Compete, You Win”.

Downey Savings and Loan, a subsidiary thrift, retail mortgage seller, and wholesale mortgage lender of Downey Financial Corp., has assets of $13.4 billion, and 169 branches throughout California and Arizona. We located a website, six telephone numbers, and a slew of complaints and lawsuits.

Downey Savings and Loan Website and Phone Contacts

Downey Savings and Loan Website: http://www.downeysavings.com

NVR Mortgage, a subsidiary mortgage division of NVR Inc., who also owns home builder, Ryan Homes, has a bad enough record of customer complaints to mark off my list of usable companies. We located two websites, 15 telephone numbers, and a slew of client complaints.

NVR Mortgage Website and Phone Contacts

NVR Mortgage Website: http://www.nvrmortgage.com/index.asp

ABN AMRO had a mortgage division which in the US was owned by LaSalle Bank Corp. who’s assets were then bought by Bank of America in October of 2007. It’s unclear if the mortgage division (called ABN-AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc.) was part of the sale. We located a website, three phone numbers, and quite a few complaints for ABN-AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc.

Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc (NYSE: IMH) is a mortgage REIT which used to be a big buyer of Alt-A mortgage loans. They also used the name Impac Lending Group. IMH now longer buys new loans, but they do service their old loans. We located a website, a phone number, and some complaints and lawsuits.