Leigh McMahon ~ Mortgage Updates Powered by Strata Lending

Leigh McMahon ~ Mortgage Updates Powered by Strata Lending

Reviews Summary

Leigh McMahon receives consistently outstanding reviews for her expertise, professionalism, and dedication. Clients praise her deep knowledge of mortgage programs, including VA loans and first-time buyer assistance. She excels in communication, responsiveness, and guiding buyers through complex processes with patience and clarity. Many highlight her ability to secure competitive rates, navigate tight deadlines, and provide personalized support. First-time homebuyers particularly appreciate her ability to simplify the process while going above and beyond. Her proactive approach, transparency, and warm demeanor make her a highly trusted and recommended lender.

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Documentation Bring your most recent tax returns, income details, and any financial concerns
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Contact Information

Address

17877 Von Karman Ave Suite 230

Irvine, California 92614

Customer Reviews

From start to finish, Leigh demonstrated exceptional professionalism, expertise, and genuine care for our needs. She guided me through the loan process with patience and clarity, ensuring I understood all my options. Leigh's proactive communication and attention to detail made the entire experience stress-free and efficient. Thanks to her hard work, I secured a competitive interest rate and favorable loan terms. Leigh's dedication and support were invaluable, and I highly recommend her to anyone seeking a

I had an amazing experience with Movement Mortgage as my mortgage lender. Despite being turned down by other lenders, Leigh McMahon never gave up on me. Her dedication and perseverance ultimately enabled me to purchase my first home. I'm incredibly grateful for her support throughout the entire process. Highly recommend!

Leigh is the preferred lender of my real estate team at Kina De Santis Group and I understand why. She is highly professional, courteous, and kind. Leigh ensured I understood what we were discussing and felt comfortable with what was being shared. She was quick to get things processed during times when my agent and I had put in an offer and was equally quick when my offer was accepted. She made sure things were smooth. During a crazy market, she was able to get me a great mortgage rate that was lower than s

Leigh was amazing to work with from beginning to end. It was our first home finance experience, so her assistance was definitely appreciated since we weren't familiar with the process. She is a professional whom will be able to answer your millions of questions, day and night, during week and on weekends. She welcomes all your concerns and queries will do her best to get you the best deal available. She helped me save couple of thousands by taking steps to improve my credit score, lowering my mortgage rate;

Leigh was amazing to work with! As a first time homebuyer, she was always available to answer all of our questions throughout the whole process. She also helped us understand the various loan options and got us into a great loan. I'd highly recommend her as a mortgage officer for anyone looking to purchase a home!

Being available to openly Speak with Leigh McMahon made such a wonderful Experience for me. Especially with her working attentively informing me of all the Details of the Loan through the Entire Home Buying Process. She was very quick with the Pre-approval for the home I was interested in placing an offer for even with the short notice and time constants due to the Competitiveness for the Home from other offers. She was very Patient and Explaining the various options for the loan while providing me estimate

We feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with Leigh. Leigh is very knowledgeable, professional and best of all someone you can trust! She was always there to answer all of our questions no matter the day or time. Thanks for all the expert advice along the way and having us hold out on locking our rate. It's hard to put your trust in someone, but we are very glad we did because in the end you got us a great interest rate and everything went thru smoothly. Thank you for all the time and e

Leigh is absolutely amazing! Beyond exceptional! We really felt that she went above and beyond for us! As first time homebuyers we already had a million questions and with our direct purchase from the seller we were in unnavigated territory. But Leigh walked us through the entire process and was always there to answer our calls and texts. The process was so seamless because Leigh was always on top of it. She really fought for us to get the best rates, the best deals, and the best matches. When you need so

Leigh was amazing to work with! As first time homebuyers, my husband and I really appreciated Leigh?s professionalism, friendliness, and expertise. She was always available to chat and super communicative, which we loved so much. She helped take us through a super fast escrow process and we couldn't have done it without her! Highly recommend!

Leigh helped my wife and I to get into our first home using the new Dream For All down payment assistance program. We are extremely thankful for all her help through the process which seemed almost seemless with her at our side. Thank you so much Leigh we appreciate everything you did for our family through this process!

Leigh is an absolute gem of a human to work with. As first time home buyers, my fiance and I were definitely overwhelmed with the process. But right from the start, Leigh sat down and consulted with us, letting us know exactly the process, and the options for our specific situation. We felt 100% better after that first call. When we ended up putting an offer in on a home, she was right with us the whole time, giving constant updates, and always available to answer our questions or give advice. She even wor

If I can give more than 5 stars I would! Where do I start? Me and my wife were so happy and blessed to have met Leigh at an open house back in March/April 2017. Me and my wife are both first time home buyers so this was very daunting. From the beginning, Leigh was so open to all our questions and made sure we got what we're looking for. She explained the difference between FHA loans, first time home buyers assistance, and the difference between home loans and down payment needed. Me and my wife had interes

Leigh is amazing to work with! Answers questions thoroughly, super friendly, and was proactive about doing what she can to get us low interest rates especially during this time of uncertainty. Really appreciated working with Leigh, and I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a mortgage lender!

Leigh was referred to my wife and I by our real estate agent while looking to secure a mortgage for our first home. She knocked it out of the park on every front. I shopped around for quotes for due diligence and found Leigh still offered the most competitive rate. She kept us well-informed and accommodated many quotes for different down payment rates while we were thinking through our options. When mortgage rates started increasing (with higher bond yields around the corner), she notified us with urgency

I am a Realtor in Orange, Ca and I had a great experience with Leigh. I'm very picky about who I refer loan business when it comes to my clients. On this case, my parents were the ones buying a home so I was extra selective and Leigh is one of the very few that I can trust to handle my family's loan business. Loans are never easy and we had our share of troubles but communication is key. Leigh always kept us informed and together we were able to overcome every obstacle that came our way. She really goes th

We called on Leigh to refinance our mortgage and were won over by his professionalism. Precise, efficient, fast and responding precisely to our request. Leigh really helped us understand the whole process. Thank you very much Leigh! We will recommend you to other people if we have the opportunity. Really great job!!!

Leigh was extremely knowledgeable about the process and was able to help us understand everything clearly. Her enthusiasm and energy made the process less stressful and we highly recommend her to ensure you're getting the best service.

Leigh made the loan process easy for me, even though I honestly had no clue what I was doing most of the time. Anytime I had questions, anytime I wanted to read through everything and take a minute, she was patient and available for questions and help. She's very helpful and quick to respond. As a first-time home buyer, I was concerned about the stress of the process, but I got through it relatively relaxed, in no small part due to Leigh's speed and expertise. As my friends start moving to purchase their ow

Not the best experience. She told us we were getting a 5% rate (this was back in May) but then when we were more advanced in the process and she sent the closing detail we realized she got us points to lower the rate. The reason we chose her was that she was our realtor's prefer lender but our backup lender was getting us the same rate without points. Apart from that there were communication problems between her and our realtor to the point in which our realtor told us there was an appraisal done when in re

In a tough market where things are moving fast and requiring buyers to be fast and competitive, Leigh has the knowledge, tools, team and diligence to support any buyer to be confident and fast towards closing a house/property. I closed a property with lending from Leigh and her contribution was paramount to the whole process. She processed paperwork, reviewed and closed in less than quoted time. Furthermore, Leigh has an awesome support team - Melissa and Andy - who help her move lightning fast, efficient

Leigh was a lifesaver! Our real estate agent recommended we get in touch with her after having some issues with the lender we were initially working with - in the middle of our 30-day escrow period. Needless to say, we needed someone who could come in and quickly pick up the pieces to make sure we closed on time. Leigh handled all of the hiccups that came along with our first home-buying experience without missing a beat. She answered all of our questions before, during and after, made sure that everything

We started out with another lender who made us jump through hoops. Leigh was great with her can-do attitude as she guided us through the loan process. She's been great for us and I recommend her to anyone. Leigh will get the job done for you.

Cannot speak highly enough of Leigh! She helped me through a tricky probate sale with a 3 month long escrow period and was there every step of the way. Leigh always made time to jump on the phone and explain anything I was unsure of in a calm and supportive manner, was always extremely knowledgable and just an all around sweetheart. You're in really good hands with her and I 100% recommend!

The seller's realtor introduced us to Leigh. As a first-time home buyer, Leigh made the process easy and smooth for us. She was patient and always available for questions. She and her assistant were actively communicating with us so we understood our progress well. We had a great time working with Leigh and would recommend to other buyers.

Couldn't be happier with the service Leigh provided us. From the moment we first met Leigh she was a consummate professional and didn't hesitate to do anything necessary to help us go through the process of buying our first home. I can say without a doubt that she is the sole reason we were able to get everything done in a timely manner and would highly recommend her for anyone looking to buy a home, it's rare to find anyone as hardworking and attentive as she was to everything we needed.

Being a real estate agent, I am very careful on what lender I send my clients to for re-financing their property or purchasing a home. Leigh is by far one of, if not, the most genuine and honest people that I've done business with! She is professional, organized, determined, confident and most importantly an amazing listener to her clients and real estate partners. I cannot express enough how it was an honor to work with Leigh and her team at UAM with several clients and more to come. Thank you Leigh!!!

Leigh and her team at United American were absolutely outstanding! I have been involved in a number of real estate transactions and this one was by far the most challenging. Leigh stayed in constant contact (even while on vacation) and walked me through a number of difficult underwriting requests. She was not only able to get the loan funded on time but got us a last minute credit to offset an interest rate reduction that covered most of our closing costs. Thanks again for all of your help!

I cannot thank Leigh McMahon enough for her help through this very stressful process. She was extremely helpful in explaining the entire process to me from start to finish, was very easy to get along with, always answered my silly questions within minutes to hours, and was fun and easy to work with. We did not have the easiest escrow, but she was there every step of the way. Leigh and her staff were efficient, organized, and thorough. I will ask her to help me refinance in a few years and look forward to wo

Leigh is a true gem! Not only is she a wealth of knowledge, she is always keeping up to date with the latest information and truly cares to change people?s lives for the better. I can wholeheartedly trust that she will take good care of any clients I send her way. I love this woman!

We just closed on our new home and as a first-time homebuyer, Leigh kept her line of communication open throughout the whole process. She answered any questions I had and kept me updated every step of the way - without me needing to constantly ask for updates!!! She kept us informed, prepared us for the loan process, and supported us through the hiccups. We received a wonderful loan with her help. I would highly recommend!

As a first time homebuyer in CA, I was unfamiliar with some of the process of purchasing a house. Leigh McMahon at United American Mortgage Corporation was there to help us through every step of the buying process. Leigh, provided exceptional service in answering all of our questions and making sure we felt comfortable with the decisions we made. She helped us in determining what we could afford. She went above and beyond to ensure we closed before the holidays which was truly great for our family. Working

Leigh is extremely friendly and helpful. She is very communicative and gets things done fast. I would definitely recommend her to anyone who needs a mortgage loan.

Leigh came highly recommended from my commercial realtor, T. Kadar. I was told she would reach out early this week and sure enough she did. Diligent? check. Professional Demeanor? check. Informative? check. Leigh explained to me several new kinds of loans including a 40yr Loan , wherein the first 10 years are interest only. That then converts to a 30 yr fixed. I was curious about buying my rate down to which she told me I could up to about .5% lower. Finally, there was the credit check question and

As a Realtor I have many options when it comes to lenders, but one rises above the rest. Leigh helped me close a loan for a client on their first home purchase where the borrower was able to put only 1% down with a conventional loan and have an additional grant of 2%! Reach out to her directly to learn more about this amazing new home buyer program!

Leigh was truly wonderful to work with. She knows her stuff and was working hard for me during the entire process. She was always accessible, even on the weekends. I appreciated her knowledge and professionalism. I would definitely work with her again.

Leigh was Amazing, she went above and beyond- always updated us, was transparent and explained the process with many options on structure to choose from. I highly recommend her and if I could give her a 10 I would. Thank You Leigh for making this process as simple as possible for us!

My husband and I just want to take a moment to say a big thank you Leigh, we truly love love! our new dream home. Many thanks for your loyalty and support. We appreciate you going above and beyond. Everything flowed smoothly, quickly and accurately. This has been by far the best experience we have had with selling and buying a home. Your hard work and dedication to our VA loan paid off and in the end enabled us to get into our beautiful dream home, its everything we wanted and more! We appreciate your patie

Leigh from United American did an amazing job at making my home buying process easy! I was excited to move into my new home quickly and before the holidays. Even using my VA home loan which is know to take longer than normal.

Lets be clear , Leigh McMahon is a "TITAN" of finance if you need someone who provides first rate customer service and has the years of experience and resources necessary to navigate through any loan no matter how technically difficult give her a call . Professional , polite , accessible, caring she has a solid foundation with excellent communication! I have done a couple of loans and refi's with her over the last six years and everyone has been a pleasure and success .

Leigh is an AMAZING lender! She is extremely knowledgeable, and I truly appreciate all of her hard work & communication with realtors and clients!

Leigh is a very knowledgeable loan officer. She has the knowledge and programs you need for your mortgage needs.

I'm a 78 yr.old Vietnam Vet,and I searched high and low for a mortgage banker who understood the V.A.process. Bingo I found Leigh. im not going to rattle on about her just read all the other flowering stuff her clients have said about her. ENUFF SAID!!!! THE HIGHEST AWARD IN THE NAVY BESIDES THOSE SILLY RIBBONS THEY HAND OUT IS THE SAYING "BRAVO ZULU". WHICH MEANS WELL DONE. LEIGH IS THE REAL DEAL. TO HER I SAY BRAVO ZULU.!!!!!

Working with Leigh is a real joy ! I really appreciate her expertise and genuine approach to lending , I would highly recommend her services .

A very detailed oriented loan officer. She was able to secure me a loan program that fit all my needs. Easy to work with

Leigh is knowledgeable with mortgage expertise.

Great! Very helpful and informative- no better Loan Officer around

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