VICTORIOUS! Chris Whitfield here, a Keller Williams Atlanta Partner Realty Consultant located in Dacula, Georgia. Our buyer client recently partnered with Victorian Finance and with exemplary service and professional precision, we were able to close on our clients first time home purchase! Working with David Kushner and his team of expert underwriters provided the solid roadmap to securing my client with a customized loan package enabling them to fulfill their dreams of homeownership! I highly recommend David and his amazing team at Victorian Finance for your clients when in need of mortgage and lending services!! read more

It was a joy to work with Victorian Finance. They made the complicated be easy. I was working with a difficult situation on buying and selling a house at the same time along with moving to a different state all on a tight timeline. Mike Kearney was always available and kept me up to date. 10/10 would use them again if ever needed read more

As a realtor, I wouldn't recommend anyone else! These guys consistently give my clients phenomenal customer service, attention, and education. They truly work hard in all aspects to make sure the process is as seamless as possible. Stephen Rogalski shows great care in his job and is my go to guy for all there is lending. His wealth of knowledge is hard to beat. He will work at any hour of the day if I need him. I could go on and on about how amazing these guys are - but do yourself a favor and reach out to Stephen and his team! read more

John and his team at Victorian Finance went above and beyond to help me with the mortgage process. From the beginning, the team showed exemplary professionalism in handling my loan. They were straight forward and very helpful in explaining the process from start to finish. The service and personal attention I received from John and his team was exceptional and beyond my expectations. John is exactly the kind of professional you want on your team when trying to buy a new home! Could not recommend more! read more

Getting a mortgage with the John Kearney Team was refreshingly simple. Their system verified my income and employment, so I barely had to lift a finger--just submitted my bank statements and ID. It was a fast, easy, and efficient process from start to finish! read more

This company will sell your mortgage off with with no consultation to the client. They sold ours off to PHH mortgage. Why is this bad? Because if you are Veteran with service connection benefits I.E property tax exemptions you will never get ahold of anyone who can actually help you and you guessed it Victorian finance "didnt / doesnt know" Why does Victorian Finance get 1 star for this? because they come off friendly and "honest" but dont even mention a word on mortgage sell off. I hope this review is read before any other Veteran uses this company. Our rep was nice and helpful on the front end. read more

God awful company, charged me for app FEE appraisal one after appraisal was done. no warning or anything... who does business like this!!!! next step BBB Never got a copy of the appraisal. if i could give a zero, I would. read more

While the process of getting the loan was positive, AFTER it was all done... no return phone calls from anyone and THEN they sold my mortgage to Mr Cooper. They should be ashamed. Mr. Cooper is HORRIBLE. I will yelp them next. So consumers beware... even though you THINK you will be with VF chances are - you won't. read more

We have had great experiences with Victorian Finance. Joey Starcher did our original loan in 2016 and he went out of his way to accommodate us. At the time I was working out of town and he was able to meet with us as we were driving through the area so we could sign our paperwork. Then in 2019 we refinanced our loan to take advantage of dropping interest rates. Again, it was a smooth and seamless process. I can't recommend this mortgage company enough. It was a quick and simple process each time. If we are in need of another mortgage lender in the future, Victorian Finance will be our first call. read more

We dealt with Corey Ward on our first home purchase. He is on top of his game, he did such a good job we had him help us on our second home purchase. read more

I had a FANTASTIC experience with Victorian Finance. Tom Mcwilliams was very attentive, and ALWAYS answered the questions that I had in a timely manner. I cannot recommend them enough. My entire family has used Tom for their home purchases! read more

While the company did inevitably fund my mortgage the process to get there was a nightmare. The lack of communication and the need for me to follow up on all emails and tasks multiple times made the experience a nightmare. This was my first home purchase and I believe it would not have gotten done if I wasn't in the real estate industry. Truth is what was supposed to be a 60 day affair for the type of loan I got turned into nearly 120 due to a lack of urgency by my loan officer. I suggest not using this company if you are searching for a more stress free way to acquire a home loan. read more

RUN!!!! Buyer Beware!!!!! This is the worst and most unprofessional company I have ever come in contact with. My loan was scheduled to close on 09-28-20. They waited until the day before we close to tell us my income could not be used because I worked through a staffing company for a year in a half mind you. They asked us to find a co-signer of all things the day before closing. We have wasted so much time and money with these people. For a whole month they told us everything was good to go. We have switched lenders in hopes to savage what we can so please if we can save you the trouble and say don't use them. Go find a more reputable company or bank! read more

Obtaining a mortgage through Victorian was one of the most horrific experience of my 61 year life! Chuck Spirer is inept and completely incompetent. We trusted our agent who claimed great success with Victorian, 1st mistake. We needed a bridge loan and were assured that Victorian was capable of handling this, 1st lie. We were assured that Victorian had a smooth process and a good working relationship with Clearview Fed C.U., 2nd lie. We were assured that Clearview was a competent lender, 3rd lie. Each time we tried to contact either entity we spoke with someone new/different. All parties were completely clueless as to the status of our loans AND how to proceed. In addition, Victorian and Clearview NEVER communicated with each other. At one point, after weeks of phone calls, office visits, begging and cajoling, we found someone who would acknowledge our existence and work with us, Tereasa Mann at Clearview. She had no qualms in admitting that Victorian in general and Chuck Spirer in particular do not and will not communicate. Therefore it is up to the PAYING applicant to do all of the coordination , leg work and organization. At one point on one of many phone calls with Chuck Spirier I asked flat out; "What am I paying you for?" He could not answer. Were it not for the Herculean efforts of my wife and me we would not have closed on time. Also today, 50 days after close, I got a letter that informed me that Victorian has already sold my mortgage. Save yourself a truckload of aggravation, sleepless nights and ulcers. Avoid Victorian and Chuck Spirer at all costs! read more

STAY AWAY!!!! Victorian Finance is not the company that you want to work with for your home mortgage. When we used them to purchase our first home last summer everything started out fine with Noemi Rodriguez. Things started to go downhill when we were asked to keep submitting paperwork that we had already submitted to them and the response time from Noemi started to drag into days instead of a few hours which would be expected in the internet/email/cell phone age. The real kicker was their appraiser was so appallingly out of touch with the real estate market that when they came back with their appraisal - which they sat on for about 2 weeks giving us little time to challenge - the appraisal was woefully under market value and would have been laughable if it hadn't caused a last minute scramble to come up with the 20K shortfall between appraisal price & purchasing price. What's even worse is that we now receive monthly 'Home Reports' from Noemi/Victorian Finance that are still woefully out of touch with the comps in our neighborhood from June 2021 (when we purchased) to the present day. Example - house in our neighborhood, similar size (slightly smaller but same number of bedrooms & baths) was listed for $378K just yesterday. On Tuesday of this week I received the monthly report and Noemi/Victorian Finance are trying to tell us our house is worth $309K...Realtor.com est. $381k, Zillow.com est. $378k, redfin.com est. $354K. Stay away from Victorian Finance unless you're ok with getting screwed by their appraisal department! read more

I never could have anticipated the mortgage process being such a breeze, but with Chuck Spirer, and his team (Caitlin Kennedy & Donna Howard), that's exactly what it was. From the start of our home search just before the pandemic in February of 2020, until we finally found our dream home in June of 2021, Chuck was wonderful. He was patient and kind, thorough and informative. There was never a time when I wondered what the status of our loan was, or wasn't completely clear on what the next steps were, or what documents were outstanding. I wish I could hire Caitlin to manage my life as well as she managed this mortgage process. Caitlin provided updates on where everything stood, every couple of days, and made everything so easy. She even color coded things with red, yellow and green. It was awesome. Donna was always clearly communicating what was needed, and was really helpful in assisting with locating documents that I didn't have readily available. We closed on July 16th and I've heard from both Chuck and Caitlin a couple of times, checking in, letting us know they're still around for whatever help we might need. I cannot say enough good things about this team, and I highly recommend them to anyone. On several occasions our real estate agent also commented on how she had never worked with a lender that communicated as much, or was as thorough. Thank you, Chuck, Caitlin & Donna... for everything! read more

Our home purchase in the summer of 2013 posed some unique challenges given the extended close time, 90 days, and general volatility of interest rates throughout the summer. Victorian Finance was not helpful in helping us navigate these challenges and added substantial anxiety to the home buying process. We had an offer accepted to purchase a home in early June with closing to occur in late August. We were working with a realtor from Coldwell Banker. Coldwell Banker refers clients with financing needs to Victorian Finance. We decided to go through Victorian Finance even though we liked our mortgage broker when we purchased our first home because we thought it would be beneficial to our agent who we really liked. Given the extended close we were not able to lock in a rate right away. Since this is standard practice this was understandable. Even though we couldn't lock in Victorian wanted to get started on the documentation required for the mortgage which we provided and confirmed with Victorian they had received it. The problems began 6 weeks later when we had to prove our financial viability to the seller. Our contact at Victorian was on vacation and his associates were unable to locate our documentation so we had to re-send everything. It's summer people are on vacation it happens. What I felt was egregious was that instead of taking responsibility for the oversight Victorian communicated to the sellers that we had not bothered to provide the documentation needed to obtain a mortgage. This was especially problematic for us because this gave the sellers the chance to back out of the sale and this was a possibility because they were having some challenges in closing the sale on the house they were buying. This would have been a devastating outcome for our family because we had sold our home with a traditional 60 day close and had already moved and were temporarily living with a relative. Luckily things worked out and we were able to proceed with the process of buying the house. The next problem occurred when we tried to lock in a lower rate when it became available. We immediately locked in our mortgage when the opportunity arose 60 days before our close. We had the opportunity to re-lock once if interest rates moved in our favor. A few weeks before the close rates moved down and we decided to execute the option to re-lock. When we contacted our representative to facilitate this we received notification he was on vacation again. Shouldn't have been problem anyone could help us with this. Unfortunately our representative's colleague who attempted to assist us misunderstood the parameters of our mortgage and told us we could not re-lock. By the time our representative was back from vacation and things were sorted out we had missed the opportunity to lock at the lowest rate possible. This is going to cost us $30 a month for 30 years or over $10,000 in total. The final issue was relatively minor. As I mentioned we provided documentation first thing when we started the process of buying a mortgage. Well it turns out all of the documentation was out of date by the time we had to close so we had to re-send everything. Given Victorian was unable to located the documents when they were initially required this was a frustrating turn of events for us. My rating is 2 stars because we did get a mortgage in the end and were able to move into our new house. Given the challenges of dealing with Victorian though I would not use them in the future and would not recommend them. read more

As I mentioned in my Keller-Williams review, I closed on a house in Beechview this morning. My friends and family were blithely stunned. I am still taking it in. My fixed FHA rate is just 4.12%. Not being a financial expert, I cannot intelligently explain all the details, but DJ Hammel and Caroline Petz of Victorian Finance did everything in their power at the 11th hour to get me to close on time and to get me what was the best deal I could have ever gotten on a new home at this point in time. Victorian Finance: Recommended. If they got a nervous homebuying newbie like myself through the process, they'll do the same for you. P.S. The loan officer also happened to be a notary public and stamped a gas form for me while we were at it. read more

Absolutely the worst experience I have ever dealt with. As I sit at this moment filling out closing paperwork, I asked for a check list of everything I needed at the beginning. Never received such list. And they misplace paper work to distract and confuse you. And I'm getting back no where near the amount I was supposed to after my deposit and sellers assist I lost out in another 1000+ dollars. They also made my fiancé cancel a dispute with the credit agencies, which would have cleared by the end of the closing time costing us another $400. When further investigated the account we paid was paid in 2009. Lois is a pain to deal with and Ernie just didn't have the numbers right. All and all I was rushed to hang drywall to hurry and close and that was a month ago.... So I got ripped off for that job as well another 320 down the toilet. I would highly recommend going to your bank and abound these people at all cost! read more

We are first timers and John at Victorian is amazing! He did everything to make sure we got financed through FHA. I'd say he went above and beyond. Even helped us through some buyers remorse . I recommend them !!! read more

We are working with Susan for the 3rd time on a purchase of a home. We wouldn't use anyone else. Victorian Finance has taken such good care of us. read more

I've worked with Victorian Finance for two different mortgages over the last few years and they are very easy to work with. They provide clear communication and details to help make the best decisions. I've already recommended them to several personal friends of mine as well. read more

I was very impressed with Noemi Rodriguez all throughout the mortgage process. Her communication skills were outstanding and helped me understand everything that was going on. From day one, Noemi was customer focused, engaged and transparent. I would recommend her to everyone that I know as she was professional and passionate about her work. She is solely the reason my closing happened on time. Noemi and Victorian Finance went above and beyond, and I am very grateful for that. read more

A unprofessional company that is a major rip off!! They won't answer my emails and when I call in they hang up on me. Basically, they preapproved me for a loan without actually reviewing my information and then notified me a month later and just 2 weeks prior to closing and after I paid for my inspection and they charged me $600 for an "appraisal" but will not provide me with my report and then later told me the appraisal was canceled. However they refuse to refund my $600. Do NOT ever provide them with your credit card info. There are HIDDEN fees associated with this company and they will pay themselves as they "see fit" which is credit card fraud but then they don't reply or accept any communication from you after they take your money. Strongly recommend NOT using this company!! Would shop elsewhere or they will empty your pockets!! read more

I cannot say enough nice things about Justin Rosenal and his assistant Dustin Fannin. They responded to me within minutes - day, night and weekends! They were thorough in letting me know what they needed from me. I asked for a 30 day closing and we closed in 28! I felt their sincerity in helping me purchase my new home from the beginning. They absolutely went out of their way to make sure I closed on my home and I can't thank them enough. Highly recommend! read more

Victorian Finance with wonderful experience they walked a step process step by step their computer program was excellent I was first time buyer and scared and they made it so easy and wonderful for us thank you so much guys for all your help I would totally totally recommend you to friends and family read more

You heard of "Buyer Beware". If you are the seller of a property and your Buyer is using Victorian Finance for the mortgage, BEWARE! Even though I was presented with a pre-approval letter from the Buyer/Victorian which stated it was based on 2 out of the 3 credit reporting agencies, my Buyer was not able to quality for the loan based on their credit. When I asked Victorian why they would issue such a letter, they responded that it was based on what the Buyer told them their credit "should" be due to the fact that there were errors on the report. I then waited for months while Victorian tried to straighten out their credit. In the end, the Buyer chose to terminate the agreement since they could not qualify for financing. read more

Joe Pappas pulled multiple rabbits out of hats with our mortgage. He even said his end goal was to go above and beyond expectations. When most banks would not give us the time of day, for months he worked with us giving us pointers in raising our credit scores, lining up proof of income letters and literally walked us through the entire buying process from start to finish. It was challenging yet with his constant being there for any and all issues or concerns, it made the process almost seamless. I completely recommend Victorian Finance for your mortgage needs. read more

Run dont walk away from this company. Has been the worse most stressful miserable home buying experience of my life. From having to send documents over and over numerous times to waiting on appraisal has left me exhausted. Its more like you have to babysit them than they are taking care of you. read more

I have been trying to purchase a house through Victorian Financial. I have read several of these reviews and the reporting is mixed. My experience has been terrible. I am unable to close on the property. They tell me that I was approved but that they cannot get the proper documents to close. I think that it all depends on the experience level of the loan assistant. I have had two, one was let go, the other has not done any better job, now my loan has been kicked up to the manager. My buyer agent is also livid and will not do work with this group in the future. She has had two buys through this agency recently go very bad. They hire such inexperienced people at dirt rate wages - what should one expect. My credit rating is almost perfect and higher than 800. I have three times the down payment sitting in the bank. My debt to income ratio is 14% which is excellent I have no claims against my credit report I have several payed equity loans in recent years all on time and on schedule. I am not a novice, purchased five houses and built one - no problems. When they gave me a pre-approval they sent me a letter and told me to sign on to their web site. Once on the site there were zero instructions on how to use the sight to create a proper set of documents. Oh, there were lots of documents but just pages on pages of disclosure papers required by the government. All papers were related to getting pre-approved - selling and nothing regarding how to close. Since I had been through the loan process before I sent them items such as tax returns, W-2s, tax payment stubs on my existing properties, bank statements, brokerage statements, etc... This was to the first employee. Next thing I know she sends me a request for bank statements she already had been sent. She lost them and I had to send them again. When the new person took over they could not find any of the documents I sent previously. She repeatedly sent requests for items she already had. Mean while time is going by. Turns out that she had them and did not recognize what they were or did not look closely, easier to send another e-mail !!!!! They filled out a disclosure statement and sent it to me for approval. I rejected it. There were numerous errors and they way understated my assets. This made my debt to assets numbers look much higher then they should have been. This could have caused an underwritter to reject this loan. I had to take their disclosure and rewrite it to include the additional assets and then sent it back to them. Took two more times to get it right. From what I can tell they cannot handle any loan where there are significant assets involved and special conditions such as large brokerage portfolios with funds being used for down payments. They expect that you will move these funds months in advance into a bank account giving you almost no interest. We are talking about a substantial amount of money. I would be at fault letting it sit there and not maximize profits. Now we get to the day of closing and she is calling me saying that she needs to verify my employment. This is 30 days after applying for the loan!!!!!!! Certainly Victorian Financial knows that they need to verify my employment way before the closing. How in hell did they give me a pre-approval without verifying my employment. I am scurrying around the day of closing to find my manager and human resource manager so we can send them the form showing my employment. The closing had to be postponed. There was then a string of questions with threats that I needed to provide this information within 24 hours. Calls to my cell phone repeatedly after sending the e-mails demanding the information, some of which takes a few hours to collect properly. Very stressful. They blame all their problems on you!. Closing delayed again. Now seller is getting really upset. Today they called me and claimed I did not file my 2015 tax returns. I was really stressed out now, did not pay me taxes? What it turned out to be was they did not know how to properly enter the IRS.gov sight where the official tax forms are located. I had to gain access on my own, print out the tax transcripts myself and send them to them. This took me some time but I did not have any problems getting the transcripts. I also confirmed that there was no credit freeze on my credit reports that would have prevented them access. Talk about stress Their mode of conduct is as follows. Give it to a lowly paid loan officer with no training. blame all problems on buyer. Gather a mess and send it to the underwriter. Wait for the underwritter to send back one question. Have me respond to the question. Send it back to the underwritter and get one more question. Repeat this process over days and days. Still no closing date in sight. Stay clear of this group. . read more

Not a fan. The woman I worked with didnt communicate well. At first she was all smiles, but once i signed that i would be using the company Couldn't be bothered to pick up a phone to contact me about what was to come. While I did get a list of closing expenses which i expected to pay at closing however I did not get a time line to go with it. She has not been helpful in navigating situations and keeping me abreast of what she was doing with finances. I would get an email and before i could answer she did her own thing and royally screwed me financially for the short term. I cannot recommend. If I wasnt so far along in the process I would take my business elsewhere. read more

Please avoid this office at all costs!!! They preapproved me for a home loan. After insisting I pay all of the inspection fees up front they ended up denying my loan. Nothing from the preapproval had changed. They waited until they got all the money they could from us and then denied us. Awful awful awful. Nothing about any of the loan process was explained to me until I got upset with them. read more

This company has an agent in the Atlanta office by the name of Darryl Garth who is involved in fraudulent schemes. He called me to advertise himself and claimed he was calling from American Home Mortgage, and that he got my name from Lending Tree. The conversation was short as i told him i didn't plan to buy a house in the nearest future. He kept trying to convince me but i refused and told him i had not even started house shopping and that i could only begin shopping sometime in Nov. He insisted that they had an internal memo that rates will go up by the first week of September, but i told him i was still not ready to engage in any business at that moment and that i was going to speak with my spouse. We later discovered that he had applied for a loan through Victorian Finance in my name without authorization, secured pre-approval without our knowledge. We are still confused how he got our social security number for we didn't avail that to him. His actions are those of someone involved in illicit business. I have tried contacting Victorian Finance and nobody is trying to dig into this. Instead they are trying to convince to buy a house. Please, be careful with this agent and this company!!!! read more

RUN! They have had more than enough time to close out a loan; Communication lacks as a Financial Company! If you want your loan done in a timely manner keep moving! read more

My realtor recommended Justin Rosenal for the financing on my first home purchase. He gave me a lot of info on the process before I made any decisions- I didn't feel pressured to choose them at all but I'm glad I did. They were clear on what was needed from me and when, and they came through on their end every time. My questions were answered with little to no delay by email or phone. When I was having a mini-panic attack about a few snags (having to move the closing date and whatnot), Justin called me that same evening and was so patient, informative, and reassuring. The other people in the office I communicated with were just as friendly and knowledgable. I can't believe they somehow made the mortgage process easy! It was still a stressful couple of months, but I felt that I was in good hands with Victorian. read more

We found a house we wanted to buy and our real estate agent recommend Victorian Finance. We got pre-approval, made an offer, offer got accepted and we started collecting paperwork. After we collect intial paperwork-Victorian Finance told us we need to bring our debt to income ratio a little bit lower and paying off $634 balance on our one credit card will be enough. We paid off $634 thinking everything will be fine. 3 days before closing they told us it's not enough and we have to pay $1800 on another credit card. I asked them why it's coming up 3 days before closing-they said the underwriter said so. Ok, fine, I paid off $1800. 2 days before closing they told us we have to CLOSE those accout our debt to income ratio stil high. I asked them if balance is $0 why is it make the difference if account closed or not, as long as there $0 balance-again the response was: underwriter said so. My husband convince me to do this, but one day before closing they said they need confirmation that account is closed. HELLO, I faxed you a letter from credit card company, your company did conference call with us and credit card company -what another proof you need? Our closing process been going on for almost 3 months now and I don't know if it's ever happen. During those 3 months I sent them tons of paperwork, they need proof for every deposit you made to you bank account (even for deposits less than $300), they never tell you your condition of approval up front-they just dump it on you little by little when there is not enough time before closing left and they know you have no other choice, If I knew -I would never use them. Please, do your research before choosing mortgage company-I will never recommend Victorian Finance read more