Cheapest mortgage loan officer courses in District of Columbia
Read the second column, not the first. The lowest advertised price is often something that does not get you licensed on its own: a state-law add-on sold to people who already did the national hours , or a generic national course that skips the 3 hours District of Columbia requires on its own law.
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| Provider | Lowest price | Cheapest that gets you licensed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The CE Shop | $329 | $329 | View |
| OnCourse Learning | $99 | $369 | View |
| Diehl Education | $89 | no complete package | View |
Is the cheapest course the right one?
Often, yes. Every route ends at the same exam: the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Act national test for mortgage loan originators, which every state and territory has adopted. No provider administers it, no provider grades it, and a more expensive course does not sit a different one. All any of these courses has to do is deliver the 20 hours District of Columbia requires from a provider the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) has approved.
Three things are worth paying more for, and none of them is prestige. Practice questions and exam preparation, because the test is the part that actually fails people. Live instruction or a scheduled class, if you already know that self-paced video is not how you finish things. And a package that covers every hour, national and District of Columbia, in one purchase rather than two.
What is not worth paying for is a bigger number with nothing behind it. The table above prices the same requirement from every provider that serves District of Columbia, so a gap between two rows is a gap in what the package includes, not a gap in what the license takes.