Anderson Financial Group

Nick Johnson is a stellar and very knowledgeable broker and takes great care when getting a loan. He has helped me with my personal situation in getting financed and into our new home this year. We have a jumbo loan and I am a business owner so its very tricky even with stellar credit but he got it done and fast too! I have recommended him at least a dozen times and has done some amazing work for my friends, I have not received one complaint, in fact everyone has been very satisfied and were able to move into their new homes as well (or gotten their refinance done) Please feel free to contact me if you have any other questions or call Nick directly! 312−661−6000 ext 223 and tell him I sent you!

I worked with Nick Johnson on my loan and couldn’t be happier. Buying our first home was a stressful experience but Nick was absolutely the right person to help us through the process. We found nick to be very responsive to our questions and was always very clear about where we stood and why he needed all of the information he gathered. We will certainly be returning for his services.

I worked with Nick Johnson on my loan and could not be more pleased with the entire process. From front to back, he was very knowledgable on the loan industry and patiently walked me through the entire process. For being my first mortgage, and a rather complicated loan at that, it was surprisingly painless. Not to mention, I got a fantastic rate and paid a fraction of the closing costs I was quoted by other lenders. I have already recommended him to several friends who he has also helped. No doubt, he is my main man for loans from here on out.

I was recently looking to refinance my mortgage and received a recommendation for Anderson Financial from a neighbor. Our condo building is currently going through litigation with the original contractor, which makes any sales or refis particularly tricky. My neighbor recommended Anderson specifically because they knew how to work within this convoluted situation. Or so he said.
Unfortunately I had a similar experience to Sheri. I reached out in early October to a specific member of the Anderson team and immediately received a one sentence answer regarding whether the litigation was still pending. I replied that is was… and heard nothing back.
Roughly a month later, I reached out again to see if there was anything they could do with regards to a refinance and got a very curt brush off. No alternative solutions or recommendations. Just a vague «I’ll see what I can do» and no further response at all.
Look — I can understand the volume that lenders are going through for refis this year. And I can understand being less than excited to service someone with a tricky situation. But a complete brush off, one sentence emails and a lack of transparency is not a good business practice in a service industry that relies on word-​of-​mouth recommendations.
I gave up and went to another lender who was MORE than happy to give personal attention and earn my money. I recommend you do the same.

Tony Ranft at Anderson was amazing and probably the main reason my deal went through– he was very thorough in making sure I understood everything in the process– what was happening when, what the terms meant, even the history on why certain fees in Chicago are what they are. Insanely knowledgeable without being confusing and unable to explain to someone that isn’t. Helped walk me through decisions on what type of mortgage was best for me, gave great advice, and was never forceful– informative but not at all pushy. And he got me a great rate! I have already recommended him to friends– will absolutely use him in all further transactions.

I was referred to Tony Ranft through a friend. My friend was very happy with his works and closed with him.
I’m totally impressed with Tony. He replies to emails very promptly, offers great quotes, and keeps a close eye on intraday news and trading of mortgage market rates.
He was able to offer me the best quote, but due to my special, extremely tight close timeline, I decided to go with another lender.
If you have a normal closing schedule, I highly recommend you to get a quote from Tony.

Mike Anderson is very professional and responsive. I was very impressed with his demeanor, character, and ability to assist in applying for our loan.

This review is for Tony Ranft. I recently got my mortgage through Anderson Financial Group and could not have been more pleased working with Tony. In another review someone called him the Wolf, in relation to a character in a movie who is able to get the job done no matter what, and the same could not be more true about Tony. He worked tirelessly to get my loan approved and kept me informed every step of the way. I would highly recommend working with Tony he is extremely professional and will do right by you. Thanks again Tony.

Tony Ranft is the Wolf (
;).
After getting completely screwed at the last minute from the fine folks over at Chase Bank we turned to Tony Ranft to do the impossible. Our entire house was packed, our old furniture was sold and then Chase dropped the ball Monday afternoon with our closing scheduled for Thursday morning. We basically had a week to close before Thanksgiving, our lease running out in two weeks and our options were limited. We were told that Tony could fix this problem.
Tony took the time to walk me through how our loan would get approved and why we were in the situation we were with Chase. After that conversation Tony began to move quickly to get everything in line for a rescheduled closing the following Friday. This process was organized, informative and effective. Tony was proactive in gathering any additional information that the underwriter could conceivably request. Everything went according to plan and we closed that next Friday without any issue.
1. To recap, Chase screwed me.
2. Tony Ranft was able to solve my problem with in 10 days.
My wife and I can not recommend Tony enough. We were completely screwed by a massive international bank and Tony was able to fix this issue.

I got my original mortgage through Anderson Financial, it was a contact of my realtor at Dream Town.
1.5 years later I am looking to refinance with rates dropping and contacted Blair Kerr, the original person I did business with there. Several times he did not reply to any emails or voice mails I left him over a period of several months.
Then I called his boss and owner Michael Anderson. He said he would have Blair Kerr get in touch with me. Blair Kerr told me I was locked in and ready to go and he had just failed to communicate that with me. That I was to just sit tight and wait because he felt the numbers would even drop more.
So a month goes by, and I emailed him asking for updates, nothing.
Called got his voicemail and didn’t bother leaving him a message since he doesnt respond and called the owner Michael Anderson again.
He said that he had thought Blair Kerr told me about the problem with my condo being a problem due to a higher percentage of renters to owners. NO! «Oh he didn’t explain that to you?» NO!
So I have no idea what they are talking about, was sitting waiting for my better rate to lower my monthly mortgage and blown off just about all the time. Michael Anderson had someone in his office (he said) and couldnt get into it and should be calling me later or have Blair Kerr call me (yeah right! only if his boss is standing over him maybe!!!)
Do not use Blair Kerr for your financial needs. and Anderson Financial for keeping on such a person and letting it go on and on like it has.
My boyfriend was already mad at me a month ago for after the super crappy service I got for hanging in there with them… now I just feel really stupid. He told me I was locked in and ready to go. So I thought I would hang in there and stick it out, that it would be more trouble to go find someone else. Now I feel really dumb, and will tell everyone what awful service I got from them and Blair Kerr.