Get prepared before the right home appears.
Build a clear financing plan, understand your options, and enter the market with a pre-approval strategy designed to strengthen your position.
Explore purchase options →Homeology's Preferred Lending Partner
Whether you are purchasing a home or thinking about refinancing, get an experienced mortgage partner who can help you understand the numbers and move forward with confidence.
Or call Matt directly: 530-682-4092Purchase · Refinance · Pre-approval strategy
A better way to get started
The financing process should help you feel prepared and not leave you wondering what comes next.
Matthew Cole brings more than two decades of mortgage experience to every conversation. He helps buyers and homeowners understand their options, anticipate the next step, and make decisions with a clearer picture of the numbers.
More about Matt →The lending experience
Clear strategy
Understand the likely payment, cash needed and financing options before you start writing offers.
Responsive guidance
Get direct, practical communication through the pre-approval, offer and closing process.
Local experience
Work with a local mortgage professional who understands the pace and realities of our regional market.

Your mortgage partner
Matt combines long term industry experience with direct, local communication so buyers, homeowners, and their real estate agents can stay aligned from the first question through closing.

What happens next?
Share what you are considering, your rough timeline, and the questions you want answered.
Walk through the information and loan paths that may fit your purchase or refinance goals.
Leave with a practical plan, whether you are ready now or preparing for later.
Frequently asked questions
Have a question that is not covered here? Matt is only a call or email away.
No. An early conversation can help you understand your timeline, identify anything to work on, and build a plan before you begin touring homes.
Yes. Matt works with buyers preparing for a purchase as well as homeowners who want to review their current mortgage and refinance options.
Bring your goals, an approximate timeline, and the questions that are on your mind. Matt can explain which financial documents will be useful for the next step.
Start with a conversation
Complete the short form directly below and Homeology will make sure Matt has the details he needs to provide useful, local guidance without pressure.
Matthew Cole · NMLS #633188 · Company NMLS ID 253083 · West Shore Mortgage, a dba of Capitol City Real Estate Inc. Loan approval and program availability are subject to applicable underwriting requirements.