Builder Benchmark Studies

bbeThe goal of our Builder-Owned Mortgage Company Benchmark Study is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of builder-owned mortgage companies.

The study provides participants with the following:

  • The ability to measure and compare with the leading builder-owned mortgage companies.
  • Compare and measure revenue and expense structures
  • Compare numerous efficiency metrics such as cost per loan, income per loan, volume per type of FTE
  • An eight year old database of key performance statistics.
  • Annual round table discussions with the participants
  • Data comparing builder-owned mortgage companies with bank-owned retail lenders
  • Quarterly data on volume, income, expenses and revenue.
  • A better understanding of peers’ publicly released financial data.

Table of Contents from our Most Recent Study

Discussion Topics from Our Last Meeting

How participants use it:

  • To cut costs, increase revenues and improve capture.
  • To fine tune budgeting, by gaining a better understand of the drivers that allow employees to carry more customers effectively.
  • To help explain the mortgage business to the parent builder.
  • To gain an appreciation of your firm’s strengths and weaknesses and understand the characteristics necessary to achieve industry-leader performance levels.
  • To gain a better understanding of the pros and cons of centralized and decentralized business models.
  • As a measurement tool to perform accurate operational audits.

Key Study Metrics

  • Total FTE’s compared to customers and units
  • Total compensation costs relative to total closings
  • Sales compensation costs relative to fundings
  • Average sales compensation expense
  • Operational production measurements and targets
  • Revenue, expense and profit in bps and $/customer
  • Capture rates by peer

Past Benchmark Study Participants:
CTX Mortgage • DHI Mortgage • HomeAmerican Mortgage • K. Hovnanian Mortgage • Pulte Mortgage • Universal American Mortgage • Standard Pacific Mortgage • First Equity Mortgage • MHI Mortgage • MI Financial • Shea Mortgage • TBI Mortgage

For more information, please contact:
Christine Clifford: (240) 423-8390 • cclifford@accessmrc.com

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