Bar Harbor Bank & Trust · Vermont · 2025

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust in Vermont: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust took 119 mortgage applications in Vermont in 2025, ranking #35 of 320 lenders active in the state. It originated 54.6% of them and denied 25.2% (31.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 14.8%.

119Applicationsin VT
31.6%Decision denial ratestate 18.1%
7.20%Median ratestate 6.71%
$135,000Median loanstate $205,000
$16MVolume9 counties

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust in Vermont vs the state

25.2%Denial rate+10.39 pts vs state
31.6%Decision denial rate+13.51 pts vs state
54.6%Origination rate-10.25 pts vs state
7.20%Median rate+0.50 pts vs state
0.22Rate spread (pts)+0.10 pts vs state
$99kMedian applicant income
65Loans originated
30Denied

Trend in Vermont

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231207120.8%7.50%#30
20241106022.7%7.88%#33
20251196525.2%7.20%#35

What Bar Harbor Bank & Trust lends in Vermont

By loan purpose

Home purchase 25 21% · 8.0% denied
Refinance 26 22% · 19.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 16 13% · 25.0% denied
Home improvement 37 31% · 32.4% denied
Other / HELOC 15 13% · 46.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 119 100% · 25.2% denied

Why it denied Vermont applicants

Credit history 12 40%
Debt-to-income ratio 11 37%
Collateral 6 20%
Employment history 1 3%

Where in Vermont

Counties with the most Bar Harbor Bank & Trust applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Orange County 401715 37.5%
Windsor County 36236 16.7%
Rutland County 29147 24.1%
Caledonia County 541 20.0%
Windham County 330 0.0%
Addison County 311 33.3%
Chittenden County 110 0.0%
Washington County 110 0.0%
Orleans County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Vermont

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Eastrise Federal Credit UnionA 3,5295.1%6.50%
Rocket MortgageC 1,16522.0%6.75%
North CountryC 1,1359.5%7.25%
Vermont Federal Credit UnionA 1,00312.0%6.75%
Citizens BankC 82638.9%7.65%
Emm LoansB 7611.5%6.63%
Mascoma BankB 71716.5%6.75%
Union BankB 6414.5%6.63%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 61730.8%5.99%
Community BankD 60713.3%7.00%

Frequently asked questions

Vermont: 119 applications in 2025, of which 65 were originated and 30 denied.

25.2% of all applications, or 31.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Vermont statewide average across all lenders was 14.8%.

The median rate on loans Bar Harbor Bank & Trust originated in Vermont in 2025 was 7.20%, against a statewide median of 6.71%.

About this data. Figures are Bar Harbor Bank & Trust's own HMDA filing for properties located in Vermont, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology