I used Kelli Mowbray (Salem office) 3 years ago and my experience was great. Everything went…read moresmoothly with the purchase of my first home. However, my son and daughter-in-law went with the Roanoke office and their experience has been horrendous. Not only did their agent NOT let them know that he did not have employment verifications until 1 day before their initial closing date, but he had told them they were pre-approved for a VHDA loan and, 1 week AFTER their first anticipated closing date, they find out that they were not approved after all. Seems their agent made a mistake... one of many. Their closing date was moved to get the employment verifications and have everything processed only to find out this heart-breaking information. So now, their agent has told them it "shouldn't be a problem" getting an FHA loan before their closing date in 2 weeks. Let's hope he gets this right. They are currently - thanks to this mortgage agent's screw-ups - homeless because their apartment lease ran out October 1(They were initially scheduled to close on 9/26) and are now sleeping in our guest room with all of their things in our garage. They contacted management over a week ago - and then the corporate offices - and have had no response from either. We were anticipating refinancing our home with Atlantic Bay in the next couple of months. However, after the experience that my son and daughter-in-law have had, I believe we shall go with someone else.

Don't use this company!! It was a night mare from day 1 dealing with them. I am a realtor so I know…read morehow things should flow. Very poor communication with me as a buyer. Could never get a straight answer from them. Had to constantly email them and call them to get status of my loan commitment. Three days before scheduled settlement they still were not ready and never sent closing disclosure to my agent - I had to send it.. I should have used lender I had contacted first and not went with builders lender - Atlantic Bay.

Rain Piechnik and her team at Guaranteed Rate were wonderful. She walked me through every step of…read morethe way and was always available to answer any of my questions. If she did not know she would find someone who did. Thanks for helping me get my home!

Great group of people to work with. Our process from start to finish was so smooth. Definitely…read morerecommend the Jason Bialek Team at Guaranteed Rate for your mortgage needs. Thanks guys!!

Dave was so great to us. Right from the start of the process he was so patient with us and really…read moreexplained every step. We felt that he really had our best interests in mind, especially when it came to locking in the rate and the timing on that. He was wonderful about giving us answers to things that we wouldn't have even considered asking. We felt completely taken care of, supported and secure through the whole process. We are extremely grateful for Dave, and everything he did for us. Couldn't recommend him enough!

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Just wanted to say what a pleasure it was doing business with Scott Vaughan of Embrace Home…read moreLoans-Roanoke, Va. Scott is very knowledgeable in the mortgage business and was also there to answer any questions my wife and I had. A pleasure to work with.

I met with the owner, Brian, regarding a house mortgage. He was very knowledgeable and provided me…read morewith good information. He prequalified me for a loan and told me he'd email me with a list of things I needed to get a full approval so I could make a bid on a house. He never sent that email. I sent him follow up emails and never received a response. I don't know if he's just flakey with contact or if he changed his mind and decided he didn't want to work with me? Either way, it was very unprofessional and a waste of my time. Additionally, I've started receiving junk mail about home loans and nobody else who knows I'm looking at houses has my home address, so I think he might have sold my info...

Dave and his team are the most efficient, hardworking and CARING group of people that I've ever had…read moreto deal with regarding any banking! They answered questions sometimes within minutes of my sending the email. They told me exact numbers and exactly what to expect - no surprises! They treated me more like a family member than a person applying for a home loan..I would recommend them to anyone - anytime!

Extremely poor customer service, do NOT use this co! The buyers of our house used this group for…read moreour closing, only to find out on the day of the closing that their mortgage companies agent had lost some paperwork. We were suppose to close on 3/12/13 and due to multiple delays on Corridors end we still have no closing date. Poor communication, unprofessional and UNPREPARED!