Lender of Choice for Condo Loans
Our Priorities
Since 2001, Leaman Team has helped clients to purchase and refinance home loans. The biggest distinction between lenders is their honesty, customer service, and ability to close on time.
- Great Rates & Low Fees.
- Close on time without surprises.
- Step by step, we guide you through the process so you understand what we are doing and why.
- Award-winning customer service from application to closing.
Call (512) 710-1400 or email LeamanTeam@LoanPeople.com.
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Max makes the impossible possible.
08/18/2011 by Ben Q., Repeat Customer
Location: Austin, TX
I was told by 4 lending institutions that I would not quality for the a loan due to occupancy and retail considerations. I was very disappointed, however my Realtor (Charlie Pitkin) said he knew a mortgage broker with a lot of knowledge and wanted to run it by him first. He performed his own assessment on the property and found that I would be eligible for the loan, I was ecstatic. However over the next month or two I had to work between 14 and 18 hour days and was traveling internationally, not leaving much time to respond to emails or even progress the loan. Max was very effective with my time and made sure we had all the documents in place to close early so I was not homeless. I was a first time home buyer and got through it because of Max and my Realtor (Charlie Pitkin). The dynamic duo.
5 Stars
06/21/2024 by Awale R.
Location: Austin, TX
Max and his team did an amazing job with our loan!! No surprises. Rock stars!!
Great experience with the Leaman Team for the second time.
08/01/2019 by Arielle
Location: Texas
Jori was professional and patient and she was always available to answer our questions during and after business hours. She made the whole process goes smooth and easy and the closing date was on time as promised
It’s no surprise that Max and his team have so many stellar reviews.
11/15/2017 by Natalie H.
Location: Austin
They diligently walked me and my husband through the process of finding and securing a low mortgage rate for our desired location. Max was excellent with distilling complex information to make it understandable, manageable. He was always responsive when we had a question. I truly trusted to help guide us in making decisions with our future in mind.
Max is a superhero.
06/26/2014 by Brian L.
Location: Austin, Texas
An abbreviated version of my home-buying experience:
After a few months of searching, I finally found a condo that fit all of my needs. I was using my bank as my lender, and made an offer on the condo, which was promptly accepted. After accepting it, the bank realized that the condo wouldn’t qualify for my VA loan, and it wasn’t an approved condo for traditional financing either. My bank said I was pretty much stuck with an investment loan, with the wonderful terms of 5.75%, 5-year ARM, up to 11.75%. They said that it might be possible to get traditional financing, but this would require the HOA president filling out a ten-ish page questionnaire to determine eligibility.
Since I was three days into my option period, I started panicking. I called four lenders within the hour – Max being one of them.
After talking to Max, he said it didn’t sound like there would be a problem, but he would need to check a few things.
The next day, he had a loan application ready for me to sign. He had determined that the condo was eligible based on the mailing addresses of the owners (to see if they lived in the condo), and calling the HOA president (he might have done more, I’m not sure).
Two weeks later (over half-way through my contract period) – my bank and one of the other loan agencies STILL didn’t have enough information to determine if it was eligible. They were still twiddling their thumbs, waiting on the HOA president to fill this paperwork out.
About two weeks into the process, it comes back that there’s a problem with the HOA’s insurance. It was an umbrella policy that covered many condos throughout the US. This, according to new regulations, meant that it wasn’t available for traditional financing through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Max immediately went to work.
He spoke with the HOA president, then his insurance agent directly, to see if this could be resolved. The insurance agent said that she could not provide an acceptable policy, after a week of stalling. Max then contacted several other insurance agents, got quotes for comparable policies, and submitted them to the HOA president. He even called the HOA president several times to make sure things were going smoothly. Without him doing this, I would not have been able to get a loan for this condo.
And, to top it all off, he extended my rate lock-in for eleven days past the original period (since the contract had to be extended) without any charge.
So, yeah. If you’re buying a condo, I would definitely recommend Max.
As a first time buyer, I could not have been more pleased with Max Leaman and his team.
09/06/2014 by Nancy E.
Location: Austin, Texas
I had LOTS of questions about every single part of the process, and either Max or someone from his team always responded right away and explained everything to me. Often times, Max would just call me to walk me through every step and ensure that I understood what was going on, exactly what I was signing, etc. For a single girl buying her first home, I really appreciated that :) I would 100% work with Max and his team again. They’re awesome!
5 Stars
03/26/2024 by Rebecca T.
Location: Austin, TX
The process was smooth and the easiest of my experience. Everything was straightforward and fast. We loved having the preliminary settlement statement so early on and the regular updates to it.
Mortgage broker, helped us find a mortgage
07/31/2013 by Anne M.
Location: Austin, Texas
Great! This was the easiest mortgage process I have ever been though!
Go above and beyond
05/22/2023 by Lesley B.
Location: Southlake, TX
Incredible experience. Max and his team made my home buying and mortgage experience as easily as possible. Max spent a lot of time figuring out how I could get the lowest interest rate. No one else would have done that.
Very reliable lender with very competitive price
02/15/2017 by H.M.
Location: Austin
Max helped us out at a very volatile period of the market (November 2017 election period). He helped us get the best possible rate with a built-in-option, free of charge! Furthermore, when the closing date had to be pushed for about ten days, he extended without any issues. Everything went very smoothly. In addition to all this, he was always available for communication and very honest and forthcomming about all the items in the closing costs. He helped me and my wife with buying our first home, and I strongly suggest considering him for your mortgage loan needs.