Markita Aldridge Woods is a Senior Loan Officer with WestStar Mortgage. And once again, she has…read moreproven that when she gives you the Buyer or the Realtor a pre-approval letter, it is as good as "Money in the Bank!" Markita is a wonderful loan officer, who helps you get the home you want! She specializes in VA Zero Down Loans, FHA Loans, VHDA and Conventional Loans. Call here, you'll soon be moving.... If not...she will help you straighten things out to ready yourself to buy in the future. She cares.....she really does. Call her today 703-497-3936

Markita and her colleagues really know the area and the mortgage process. They are helpful and…read morevery timely throughout the entire process. Although WestStar Mortgage is a larger lender, Markita's office has a very "hometown" personal feel, and keeps you updated from beginning to closing. Highly recommended.

I had everything I needed a 60,000-down payment, credit score, and a mortgage certificate. I…read moresacrifice everything and, wait for years to get house of my own. They didn't at all help me. They rejected my application, and said I need another down payment of 60,000. A total of 120000. They crush my dreams and I'm still living in hell.

I always pay my mortgage payment early. Try to do it this month and I couldn't access my online…read moreportal. Contacted customer services and they couldn't access the portal either. Then she found out the online site isn't working. Communication about this would have been great customer service...but I guess once you are a customer customer service goes out the window. Wasted over an hour of my time to pay YOU! Do better.

If you are looking for a realtor, look no further. Laura is the ONE! My husband and I were…read morefirst-time home buyers buying a condo in Arlington. Laura was recommended to us as a top agent in the DMV area with impressive transaction volume each year. Although we identified multiple agents through our search, we immediately decided to work with Laura after our initial video call because we were impressed by her knowledge of the local housing market and all aspects of real estate transaction. We are so grateful that we did! We were buying a condo in a very competitive area. Every time when we made an offer, we had a competing offer and had to act very quickly to make our offer more competitive. Laura worked around the clock to prepare the comparative market analysis, tour the units with us, crafted and advised us on compelling offer terms and negotiated with the seller agents. Our closing had some extra complexities due to the condo building's financing approval being expired. Laura skillfully helped us navigate this issue. She proactively included relevant language in our offer to protect us from such financing issue before we even knew there was an issue with the condo building. After we discovered the issue, Laura was in constant communication with the seller's agent, condo building and mortgage broker to speedily resolve the issue and ensure we could close on time within 3 weeks. Laura's price prediction and recommendations were spot on when we submitted our offer. She recommended us to adjust our offer to a certain price to increase our chance of sealing the deal at our offer price (instead of activating the price escalation clause and resulting in us paying a higher price). We were able to be the winning offer because of Laura's excellent communication skills and expert advice. We followed Laura's recommendation and did not have to pay more than our offer price for the condo. The appraisal ended up being higher than our purchase price. We are grateful that Laura helped us secure our dream home at a great price. Laura was extremely responsive and patient. We had a lot of questions as first-time home buyers. Laura patiently answered all of our questions at any time of the day. Despite her busy schedule, she accommodated our challenging schedules and requests under short notice every single time, which enabled us to close our home with great success. We could not have asked for a better realtor to share this home purchase journey with. Thank you Laura for being an outstanding, caring and dedicated realtor!

Laura is a true professional. Here knowledge of the market is unmathced and she knows how to win!…read more I would not hesitate to refer friends or anyone looking to buy or sell in her market.

Our experience working with this mortgage broker was one long, expensive headache. They asked for…read moreoutrageous amounts of paperwork and then kept adding new requirements, their office was disorganized and procrastinated until the end, and finally, they changed the terms of the loan at the last minute, costing us $7,000. Mr. Zell began well, quoting a reasonable rate, but it was downhill from there. Once we agreed to do business, we were asked to provide tons of paperwork. They asked for college transcripts,W-2s, all pages of all asset statements for three plus months, notarized statements from the bank regarding transfers, paycheck stubs, etc. We immediately collected this information, and when it was more than the fax could handle, I drove it to the office. Together, we went through all of my files to make sure that they had everything they needed. Unfortunately, for the next few weeks, they kept finding things that they forgot to ask for, or that they hadn't copied, or that they lost. Each time, I drove to their office to give them the forgotten copy. This frustration was exacerbated by the fact that we didn't have a single point of contact within the office. We started working with one person, and then when we called back, she told us that someone else was now in charge of our account, and the new person was on vacation, so no one could help us. And good luck finding someone in the office to drop off paperwork after 5 p.m. While the paperwork was extremely frustrating, it got worse. Although we were assured that there was plenty of time before closing to set up the loan, the day before we were supposed to close, Sun Trust still hadn't approved the loan, and they were still looking for last minute paperwork. We bent over backwards to make sure that they got everything the same day that they requested it, but they couldn't seem to get their act together to ask for everything all at once. The worst part of the experience happened at the end. We were to close at 10:00 a.m. on Friday morning. We got a good faith estimate on Thursday afternoon, and everything looked good. Then on Thursday evening at 6:05 p.m., Mr. Zell emailed me to tell me that due to some credits from the seller, our interest rate was going to be lowered by .19 percent which would increase our closing costs by about $7,000! We had turned down that option when we locked in our rate, but without any discussion and so last minute that we had no time to change it, Mr. Zell made this change to our terms. We would NEVER have agreed to pay $7,000 for a .19 percent rate drop, and Mr. Zell knew it. He knew that we had committed to tenants and repair people to close on Friday, and changed the terms last minute, knowing that we would be forced to accept the change. Furthermore, rather than calling to discuss, he emailed me after closing time so that I would have no way of dealing with it until the next day at closing. SunTrust was so late in finalizing their paperwork that closing didn't happen until close of business on Friday, and when our closing attorney tried to discuss the last-minute change with Sun Trust, they were done working for the day and told us that if we didn't accept their changed terms, we wouldn't be able to close for at least 4 or 5 days. What Mr. Zell did was probably illegal, but we had to close to meet our own obligations to our tenants, and he knew it. Bottom line: Do not do business with Mike Zell! He is disorganized, dishonest and manipulative. The clerks in his office are incompetent and unresponsive. In order to get a mortgage, you have to give the bank all of your private financial information. Mr. Zell will use and abuse that information to his own advantage.

Megan from Go Mortgage first helped us in 2020 and we had such a great experience that she was the…read morefirst one we contacted for our most recent home purchase. Just like the first time, Megan was extremely helpful and was able to get us a quick closing along with a rate lower than we expected. She was super responsive and answered all of our questions quickly. The entire process was incredibly smooth and we couldn't be happier! We have several family members and friends planning moves in the next year and we will definitely be recommending Megan.

Rayan Smith is a great loan officer. He kept me right on track. My loan was a commercial office…read morespace purchase and he kept me moving forward. In case a person needs some extra help above the normal lending procedure then this is the right place

Thank you Eric For the Great work and help To close My Two loan…read moreGreat lander company ,helpful, answer my questien any time and very professional