Fairway Funding Group, Inc. Natures Way, Lakewood Ranch

My loan officer was Shawn Stevens. He was excellent to work with, and had an amazing sense of humor. Never a dull guy and always able to answer any question I had. Very through and knowledgable, and can dumb down (lol) even the most complex processes of buying a home. He worked diligently to help me get our loan for our house, and I couldn’t thank him more. I wouldn’t recommend anyone else to have in your corner when your buying a house. If anyone I know enters the home buying process, I will be directing them right towards Shawn.

We had not had to deal with a lending company for years. After being referred to them by our real estate agent Socha Taylor, every step of signing docs to communication of interest rates and when to lock in etc was handled quickly and professionally. When we got to closing everything went smooth. Thanks to Jeff who led the way and the rest of the team there!

Tom is awesome!! Not only did he get our loan approved, he acted as my Dr Phil at times! All concerns were addressed promptly. When anyone I know needs a mortgage, Tom will be the only number I give!! Thank you Tom!! Kathy Eby

Beat people to work with! Jeff, Lori and Laura we’re all super helpful through the whole process. Very informative as well as helpful in giving recommendations. I can’t say enough especially when not being from the area. I felt very comfortable and at ease.

I was assisted by Shane and Mark. Both were prompt and professional even when I decided to go with another company due to a lower rate. Altogether a great experience and I would absolutely recommend working with them.

I have worked with Brandon Terry at Fairway funding and I find him to be exceptionally responsive, proactive an knowledgeable. I would highly recommend him if you are looking to refinance, buying a first home, or are just shopping for a low rate.

I am closing on a house this upcoming Friday due to the competence of Tom Zaharakis, Sr. Loan Officer at Fairway Funding in Lakewood Ranch. I had been working with another very seasoned loan officer who worked for a bank i will not name, and although they had all my information from day one and I had been diligent about providing everything requested and then some, it was not until we were nearing the end that they sent an email at 8pm advising they would not be able to secure my loan bc of old student loans. I was literally told there was no way. I was connected with Tom by my realtor (shout out to Matt Guthrie of Matthew Guthrie and Associates Realty LLC) to see if he would have better luck and from the get-go, Tom was confident he could get it done. I was overly sensitive and pessimistic about the whole process at this point but Tom gracefully handled my overabundance of anxiety and sure enough, he did EVERYTHING he said he would and here we are! Tom has a transparency i appreciated, and an evident amount of clout in the industry as he knew the selling agent and was able to make a phone call to ensure they would push back my date. This won't be the last house I buy but Tom will definitely be the only Loan officer i will choose to work with in the future. Thank you, Tom!!

Fairway funding was the best to work with. They are on top of their game and won’t use anyone else. Highly recommend

I have used Tom Zaharakis on multiple transactions and have not once had an issue. I have even trusted him with handling loans for my family members. If you are shopping around for a loan you would be doing yourself a huge favor if you use Tom at Fairway Funding Group.

Please DO NOT do business with these people!!! They are the absolute worst. We live in Naples, Florida we were “helped” by Randy( he had the worst customer service ever!) Wanda,Laura and Víctor. Randy, had us break our lease and move out of our apartment and said everything would be done in about a few days. We moved out confiding that everything would go well because Randy had said so. He said he had 30+ years of experience well now I know thats a complete lie because he knows absolutely nothing. Sadly we were fooled by all these people. Nothing got done and they asked to be sent the same exact documents more than 4 times, whenever they would write to us. Nothing moved forward it was always something else that they needed. We would get told that everything was going great and that the closing was almost ready to be done. They gave us a closing date, the day came and they weren’t ready. They gave us a second date, we payed for the appraisal and received a date to close but of course once again they said that they needed something else at the last minute. A month passed and we realized that these people were a complete joke. We rescheduled the closing and again at the last minute they said they needed something else. We decided that we could not continue with these people and that nothing was ever going to happen. I never write reviews but I felt strongly that I needed to leave my experience here so whomever is looking to do business with these people DOESN’T make the same mistake we did!!!!!