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About LendingTree
LendingTree is a lot more than mortgages. We are an online loan marketplace for various financial borrowing needs including auto loans, small business loans, personal loans, credit cards, and more. We also offer comparison shopping services for autos and educational programs. Together, these services serve as an ally for consumers who are looking to comparison shop among multiple businesses and professionals who will compete for their business.
The history of LendingTree
We’ve been at this a long time—we started way back in 1997, when websites were the hip new thing. Our founder, Doug Lebda, wanted to create a place that made comparison shopping loans easier after he spent way too long running to different banks just to get competing offers.
We brought rates online, making banks compete, and over the years we’ve saved Americans billions. Now LendingTree is the nation’s largest lending marketplace, with hundreds of lenders and dozens of products. From mortgages and personal loans, to credit cards and deposit accounts, we’re still in the business of helping people find the best deals on the money they need.
How LendingTree works
Three steps to your best loan
ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS
Give us some details on the kind of loan you need and how you’ll use it. We’ll send your request out to our lender network, and within seconds, you’ll see competing offers.
SHOP AND COMPARE
This works just like shopping for a flight. Lenders are competing for your business, which means you get the most competitive offers. No markup from us.
MAY THE BEST LOAN WIN.TM
We make loan shopping easy. You can compare offers side by side, talk with loan officers to haggle, or in many cases, just apply online. Choose the loan that works best for you.