Comments on: DEMO: Home-Account recommends mortagages, without sales motivation

By: SO

SO — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:22:48 +0000

wow, interest idea, thank you so much

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:06:59 +0000

Hold on there….there is a big, big difference in Quizzle and Home-Account….Quizzle is a feeder for Quicken loans which has a financial interest in the closing of the transaction a for a while, the long term debt of the consumer.

Quicken loans is the 'man behind the curtain'….at Home-Account there is no man nor is there even a curtain!

By: Kelly @ Quizzle

Kelly @ Quizzle — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:18:08 +0000

No-doubt, transparency is key for today's Internet consumer. But charging $9.95 every month to keep an eye on your mortgage isn’t exactly “stimulating the economy."

We agree with you that Quicken Loans is a great competitor on the mortgage front with lots of tools for helping clients get into the right mortgage. However, Home-Account seems to be much more closely modeled after our popular new home & money site called Quizzle.

Then again, Quizzle appears to go above and beyond Home-account – offering a credit report & score, home value report, mortgage recommendations and a budget tool. ALL FREE. No fees, no strings attached. And we also noticed Home Account asks for your social security number…Quizzle doesn’t.

Getting good mortgage recommendations is a valuable thing – but in this day and age, people are absolutely entitled to that type of thing for free.

By: Kelly Rusk

Kelly Rusk — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:51:54 +0000

SmartHippo is a consumer-centric mortgage comparison site that's been around since Sept. 2007. We allow consumers to anonymously search rates and write reviews about lenders. Lenders can join and post rates free, but may have to deal with the scrutiny of the community.

Home-Account.com is an interesting idea, but it is not the first or only mortgage site with the consumer's best interest in mind. This is a good thing however, it's about time the financial industry adapted to the changes happening online.

By: Sammy

Sammy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:25:48 +0000

The service appears dramatically different…the other sites either are owned by banks only selling their product OR are lead-gen firms spamming your name to hundreds of brokers eager to call you at 8PM at home

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:27:10 +0000

Don't understand how this is different from the million other websites and services offering essentially the same thing: seems like just another mortgage shopping engine.

By: Gray

Gray — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:41:49 +0000

Wow! I'm in the mortgage biz and this application could be a game changer. Unfortunately, it doesn't bode well for me and my professional breathen.