2020 Best Military Lenders

2020 BEST MILITARY LENDERS

ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Draper, UT

Academy Mortgage is proud to serve our nation’s military personnel and veterans by providing affordable mortgage solutions and supporting military-related organizations. It is our privilege to deliver the dream of homeownership to these individuals and families who have sacrificed so much to protect our country and our freedoms. Academy is a featured provider with Homes for Heroes, Heroes Home Advantage, and other state housing programs. One company promotion donated $100 for every veteran who applied for a loan in November to Homes for Our Troops.

AMERICAN PACIFIC MORTGAGE

Roseville, CA

American Pacific Mortgage regularly gives to VA charitable organizations through our APMCares Foundation. APMCares was founded to advance the company’s social responsibility initiative by organizing and providing the means for our employees and partners to serve our communities through financial and time donations. Our mission is to serve the needs of individuals, families, and communities where we live and work, strengthening our core belief that people matter.

Aligned Mortgage is closely tied to the military community and has created an extensive network of partnerships to jointly collaborate and provide the services veterans need including resources for HealthCare, Employment, Education and Career Counseling.

GATEWAY FIRST BANK

Jenks, OK

We are proud to give back to our military families and strengthen our communities through homeownership. We believe our success and accomplishments go handin-hand with the underlying responsibility to give back to those who need it most. In addition to ensuring our mortgage services provide equal housing opportunity in low-to-moderate income communities, Gateway believes in supporting community development issues like education, affordable housing, financial literacy, adoption and foster care, veterans support and disaster recovery in communities around the country. Gateway donates $5 to The Folds of Honor organization for every mortgage loan closed, Gateway has contributed over $270,540 since our partnership began.

AMERICAN MORTGAGE NETWORK

Chula Vista, CA

At American Mortgage Network 50%+ of our loan officers are retired military. They understand the specific needs and wants of veterans.

With our partnership with Active Duty Passive Income (ADPI), AmNet encourages veterans to learn investing strategies that produce passive real estate income. AmNet helps to create an incredible ecosystem of military family support.

AmNet and ADPI are fostering a community of individuals who want to better their lives by educating, mentoring and empowering veterans to become financially independent. In addition, a new blog series has been launched called "Save One Life" that encourages the military, both past and present, to share their experiences, struggles and successes as a therapeutic outlet.

FREEDOM MORTGAGE

Marlton, NJ

It’s important to Freedom Mortgage to support those who protect our Freedoms. From origination through servicing of each VA loan, Freedom Mortgage ensures servicemembers and Veterans are treated with respect and service for their home loan needs. Through the Eagle Eye Promise, servicemembers and Veterans can stay focused on their mission while Freedom Mortgage focuses on theirs – helping lower customers’ interest rates and helping them access cash from their home’s equity.

Freedom Mortgage thinks beyond the business and supports military in their everyday lives. Employees write thank you letters in the winter, build homes in the spring, donate backpacks and school supplies in the summer, and run fundraisers for Veteran’s Day in the fall. The company and its employees generously donates to organizations serving the military.

ISERVE RESIDENTIAL LENDING, LLC

San Diego, CA

At iServe we pride ourselves on assisting the Military community. Every December one of our branches participates in a local Christmas drive, Operation Camo Christmas, hosted by VAREP, in Nevada. This event provides the children of Service members an opportunity to enjoy a true Christmas experience.

We have multiple branches hosting seminars to educate both active and Veteran Military personnel, on the benefits of a VA loan and how it benefits our Veterans.

Each year we donate a portion of our total VA loan volume to a VA charity. We have been involved with Warrior Foundation-Freedom Station in San Diego, CA. Assembling ammo boxes for disabled Veterans.

MORTGAGE EQUITY PARTNERS

Lynnfield, MA

Mortgage Equity Partners is a supporter of "There and Back Again", a non-profit that provides resiliency and reintegration wellness services to ens need better than other veterans and we listened to them when we developed our VA programs.

We support our veteran's in the communities we serve, by reducing or eliminating out origination fee for qualifying veterans. As we have grown, we provided our Loan Originators with specialized training providing the best transaction for veterans, including different loan options, competitive interest rates, efficiently gathering required documentation. Our goal is to make the loan process as streamlined as possible for veterans. Many of our loan officers have served in the military from Vietnam to recent times. No one understands what veterampower veterans to manage combat stress.

PLANET HOME LENDING

Meriden, CT

They serve our nation, so we serve them: Active duty, veterans, military spouses, and reservists. Planet Home Lending, LLC, is proud to offer VA purchase home loans with no money down and refinance mortgages with great rates. Like they keep their commitments, we keep the majority of the loans we make. Our Mortgage Servicing Team truly understands the unique needs of customers who protect us around the nation and around the globe.

USAA

San Antonio, TX

USAA was founded in 1922 by a group of Army officers in San Antonio looking to insure each other’s cars when no one else would. Today, USAA is among the leading providers of insurance, banking and investment and retirement solutions to nearly 13 million members of the U.S. military, veterans. In addition, USAA consistently supports the mortgage needs of our military members and their families by offering $0 origination fees on our VA loans, an industry leading VA IRRRL program. USAA announced on August 20, 2020 its commitment of $30 million to benefit 24 organizations assisting military families during these challenging economic times.

PENNYMAC

Westlake village, CA

PennyMac is honored to be a designated Military Friendly® employer and for creating civilian opportunities for veterans. Proudly serving the military men and women who have served our country, PennyMac is ranked by IMF as one of the Top 10 Lenders in the United States for VA loans, having serviced more than 367,000 loans for veterans and their families. During the first quarter of 2020 alone, PennyMac funded almost $8 Billion in new home loans for more than 28,000 households under the VA Home Loan Program. As of March 31, 2020, VA Loans comprised approximately 20% of the 1.8 million home loans in the PennyMac servicing portfolio. Plus, PennyMac serviced almost 1,100 VA home loans for service members with active duty start dates of March-May 2020. Serving those who serve aligns to PennyMac values.

SILVERTON MORTGAGE

Atlanta, GA

Founded in 1998, Silverton Mortgage is an independent mortgage banker that takes giving back to the community and our country’s active servicemembers and veterans very seriously. Most notable is that Silverton eliminates origination fees on VA loans as a way of saying: Thank You for Serving Our Country. This speaks volumes. Put simply, our military services us, so we service them! Service is literally critical to Silverton. Our military people are busy and committed to guarding the country. Silverton’s goal when working with them is to make their lending experience next-level easy.

Silverton looks at working with those who serve as a privilege, and it’s an honor to give back to their service with best-in-class service. PERIOD.