Mortgage Lending
At Mauch Chunk Trust Company, we’ve been helping our neighbors turn houses into homes for over 120 years. As a leading local mortgage lender based in Jim Thorpe, PA, we combine personalized service with modern tools to make your home financing experience smooth, transparent, and tailored to your needs.
Whether you’re buying your first home, upgrading, building, or refinancing, our team delivers competitive rates, fast approvals, and one-on-one support- something you won’t get from a national call center. And when you choose MCT, your mortgage dollars stay right here, strengthening our schools, businesses, and communities.
We proudly offer residential mortgages for properties in the following Pennsylvania counties: Carbon, Schuylkill, Monroe, Luzerne, Lehigh, Northampton.
Let’s make your next move together!

Tiffany Gumina
Mortgage Loan Sales Originator
NMLS #1562261
mobile: 570.413.9505


Mortgage Options For Buying A Home:
Mortgage Options For Refinancing A Home:
Mortgage Options For Building A Home:
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ’s):
1. What documents will I need to apply for a mortgage?
- You will need these items on all applications:
- Photo ID
- Social Security Card
- Pay stubs covering last 30 days
- Two years of W2 forms from all employers
- Two years of personal tax returns (signed with all pages) – including most current year
- Last 60 days of all bank statements including savings, checking and investment (All pages required front and back)
- Refinance:
- All documents listed above
- Last statement for all debts being paid
- Front page of home insurance including premium amount
- Purchase:
- All documents listed above
- Agreement of sale
- Additional Documents May Be Applicable:
- Evidence of alimony/child support paid or received
- Last 2 Years business tax returns (Self-employed or commissioned)
- Awards letter for Social Security recipients
- HUD 1 Settlement Statement if selling home
- Separation agreement or divorce decree
- Non-Citizens: Proof of Lawful Residence
- Single-Close Construction Loan
- Construction agreement signed by all parties
- Specifications and plans
- Building, zoning, well and septic permits
2. How can I pre-qualify for a mortgage?
Getting pre-qualified will help you know approximately how much you can borrow, using financial information that you provide.
- No cost
- No commitment
To submit a pre-qualification application, click the button below to start a new application. In the 4th step “Have you made an offer on a home?” please select the option “No, I am still shopping. – Prequalification Application”, which looks like this:

3. Do you have mortgage calculators?
- Biweekly Mortgage Payment Calculator: Compare a typical monthly payment schedule to an accelerated biweekly payment. Using biweekly payments can accelerate your mortgage payoff and save you thousands in interest!
- Monthly Mortgage Calculator: Determine your monthly mortgage payment and amortization schedule.
- Biweekly Mortgage Payment for an existing Mortgage Calculator: Show the possible savings by starting to pay your existing mortgage with biweekly payments, instead of monthly payments.
- Construction Loan Calculator: Determine how much and what your payment would be for a construction loan.
- Home Rent vs. Buy Calculator: Are you better off buying your home, or should you continue to rent?
- “Should I refinance?” Calculator: See how much interest you can save by refinancing your mortgage!
- Mortgage Payoff Calculator: Save thousands of dollars in interest by increasing your monthly mortgage payment.
- Home Down Payment Savings Calculator: Calculate what it might take to save for your new house.
4. What financial education resources do you have for homebuyers?
MCT has partnered with Banzai to offer an extensive list of financial education topics, with the following focusing on the homebuying journey:
- Owning A Home (Collection of online coaches and articles)
- Article: Mortgage Application Checklist (2-minute read)
- Article: The Cost of a Mortgage (4-minute read)
- Article: Working with a Mortgage Lender (5-minute read)
- Article: Credit Scores (3-minute read)
- Article: A Guide to Selling Your Home (4-miniute read)
- Article: Insuring Your Home (2-minute read)
- Article: Buying a Home: Exploring Your Options (5-minute read)
- Article: To Buy or Not to Buy? (5-minute read)
- Browse our entire library
5. How is my personal information protected during the mortgage process?
When you apply for a mortgage with Mauch Chunk Trust, your personal information is handled in accordance with our privacy policy and is not sold to other lenders.
In the past, credit bureaus were legally allowed sell certain credit inquiry data to other lenders, which sometimes led to unsolicited outreach known as “trigger leads.” As of March 5, 2026, new government regulations have significantly limited this practice!
You can take additional steps to protect your information by opting out of prescreened offers at OptOutPrescreen.com and registering with the National Do Not Call Registry at donotcall.gov.

