Bellwether Community Credit Union · Massachusetts · 2025

Bellwether Community Credit Union in Massachusetts: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Bellwether Community Credit Union took 24 mortgage applications in Massachusetts in 2025, ranking #400 of 799 lenders active in the state. It originated 75.0% of them and denied 8.3% (8.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.2%.

24Applicationsin MA
8.7%Decision denial ratestate 20.0%
7.25%Median ratestate 6.63%
$125,000Median loanstate $325,000
$2.6MVolume5 counties

Bellwether Community Credit Union in Massachusetts vs the state

8.3%Denial rate-7.88 pts vs state
8.7%Decision denial rate-11.25 pts vs state
75.0%Origination rate+12.40 pts vs state
7.25%Median rate+0.63 pts vs state
0.21Rate spread (pts)+0.12 pts vs state
$110kMedian applicant income
18Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Massachusetts

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202315360.0%8.00%#407
202413638.5%8.25%#430
202524188.3%7.25%#400

What Bellwether Community Credit Union lends in Massachusetts

By loan purpose

Home purchase 11 46% · 9.1% denied
Refinance 1 4% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 3 13% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 1 4% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 8 33% · 12.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 24 100% · 8.3% denied

Why it denied Massachusetts applicants

Other 2 100%

Where in Massachusetts

Counties with the most Bellwether Community Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Middlesex County 14101 7.1%
Essex County 660 0.0%
Worcester County 201 50.0%
Barnstable County 110 0.0%
Suffolk County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Massachusetts

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Citizens BankC 17,47629.0%7.40%
Rocket MortgageC 8,69815.9%6.75%
Bank of AmericaF 7,78430.1%5.99%
Guaranteed RateB 7,3134.5%6.50%
Eastern BankB 6,21631.8%6.99%
Rockland TrustC 5,99028.6%6.99%
Leader BankA 5,9131.8%6.25%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 5,89812.8%6.50%
Crosscountry MortgageB 5,6343.8%6.63%
TD BankD 3,77826.9%7.44%

Frequently asked questions

Massachusetts: 24 applications in 2025, of which 18 were originated and 2 denied.

8.3% of all applications, or 8.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Massachusetts statewide average across all lenders was 16.2%.

The median rate on loans Bellwether Community Credit Union originated in Massachusetts in 2025 was 7.25%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Bellwether Community Credit Union's own HMDA filing for properties located in Massachusetts, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology