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If you've been ignored or badly served by other San Francisco mortgage brokers, then it's time you rediscovered what excellent service from a mortgage broker can be like!

San Francisco mortgage brokers, like brokers and mortgage bankers throughout the country, are being hit hard in the current credit crunch. If that San Francisco mortgage lender you've been trying to reach isn't answering the phone or returning your calls or emails, then that company may be in trouble. Fortunately, we're not in that situation, and we're not going out of business, we do answer the phone and we also promptly return messages. If you're looking for a mortgage in San Francisco, we'd like to be your broker!

We are California Mortgage Home Loan Brokers. We're not actually a San Francisco mortgage broker but we very capably service the Bay Area as though we were located there. How do we do it? Simple. Even our local clients seldom visit our office. Most all our transactions are handled by phone, fax and email. When it's time to sign documents, we dispatch a qualified loan-doc conversant traveling notary to visit you at work, at home or wherever. It doesn't matter where you are. The notary shows up, presents you with the papers, you sign the docs and that's it.

That is how we very effectively compete with all those other San Francisco mortgage brokers.

I'm Logan Landers, president of the company. We are a successful, low-key brokerage located in Encino, in the Los Angeles area. Almost all our business is by referral. We don't advertise anywhere and we never do outbound telemarketing. We have a lot of happy clients (we can provide testimonials) and they often refer friends and family to us. As a result, our loan officers stay busy, even during these difficult times.

Read an article by Frank Nelson, featuring my observations about prepaying your mortgage, which appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, March 9th, 2008.

I assume you're seeking a quality San Francisco mortgage broker, or you wouldn't be looking at this webpage. I would like to invite you to check out our site. It's certainly not a cookie-cutter financial website of the sort you've seen elsewhere. I think you'll find it to be informal, comical in places, very serious in other places, and almost always highly informative.

We have two unique things at our site that you most certainly will not find on any San Francisco mortgage broker's website. First, we have some downloadable videos. They can be found on the menu, below. Each addresses a separate topic related to the mortgage business in San Francisco, L.A., as well as every other part of the Golden State.

Secondly, one of my associates, Michael McKown, conducted an extensive interview with me and Dennis Anderson, our senior loan consultant. Michael showed up one day with a long list of questions to ask, a tape recorder, and a photographer. We did the interview while Rob Peppler shot pictures around the office.

The picture is of me. This was shot while I was answering one of Mike's many questions. No suit and tie? Right. We're somewhat laid back around here, but you will find we can meet or beat any San Francisco mortgage broker in terms of our knowledge of the business, professionalism, honesty, loan offerings, and dedication to customer service. Our loan counselors have an average of 12 years experience in this business. Our processor is one of the best I've ever worked with. Our people know what they are doing. We are mortgage brokers in the best sense of those words, and you can have confidence in us.

When Mike created this website, he broke the interview into segments, and put each topic segment on its own page. If you're not an expert on the mortgage business, I would like to invite you to read it. The interview starts here. One interesting consequence of this interview, in August, 2007, is that I was interviewed by a reporter on your very own KGO news radio station about the current chaotic state of the mortgage business. And they called me a second time -- in March, 2008 -- for a follow-up story.

What, you may wonder, can we do for you that other San Francisco mortgage brokers can't do, or won't do, or won't do well? Several things, actually....

• Despite what's going on in the home loan profession, we're not going out of business.
• My resume includes the presidency of two mortgage banks.
• We can shop about a hundred funding sources (including the commercial bank where you have your checking account) for the best deal for you.
• We close north of 90% of the mortgages that we originate.
• We're honest. Once we've evaluated your situation and what it is that you want to do, we will give you the best rate and fees mortgage that we can find. Unlike some other places, we won't change the terms on you at the last minute. That is my personal promise.
• We will get your loan done quickly, provided that you also cooperate.
• You don't have to come to our office to do anything. We can come to you, day or night, no matter where in the state you are.
• You can reach us during the day, at night and on the weekends (unlike your local institutional bank). If you must leave a message, we will get back to you ASAP.

In your experience, how do we seem compare with other San Francisco mortgage brokers? We would be more than happy to demonstrate the reality of what we can do for you!

Comedic actor Woody Allen once said, "Eighty percent of success is showing up." I take that to mean if you just take care of business, you'll do just fine. We will take care of your business in a very professional manner. We will look out for your best interests in your search for a great San Francisco mortgage. Give us a try, call or write to Michael and find out, for a change, how good service can be. The contact info is below. If you wish to speak with me personally, it's not a problem. Mike will notify me and I'll call you back.

We think your search for a top-notch San Francisco mortgage broker...just ended...with us! And remembering what the legendary and late S.F. Chronicle columnist Herb Caen used to say about us folks "down south," we won't tell anyone you're actually doing business with one of those companies! Side note: Michael McKown was a Herb Caen "item" in December, 1991, when he lived in the Vallejo/Benicia area!

--L.L.

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California Mortgage Home Loan Brokers,
a Los Angeles mortgage company
Attn: Michael McKown
16027 Ventura Blvd. Suite #500
Encino, CA 91436

818-841-0051 Local
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