Better Mortgage · Maine · 2025

Better Mortgage in Maine: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Better Mortgage took 220 mortgage applications in Maine in 2025, ranking #64 of 537 lenders active in the state. It originated 22.7% of them and denied 27.7% (55.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.3%.

220Applicationsin ME
55.0%Decision denial ratestate 20.1%
7.50%Median ratestate 6.88%
$165,000Median loanstate $215,000
$12MVolume16 counties

Better Mortgage in Maine vs the state

27.7%Denial rate+11.40 pts vs state
55.0%Decision denial rate+34.87 pts vs state
22.7%Origination rate-39.44 pts vs state
7.50%Median rate+0.63 pts vs state
0.68Rate spread (pts)+0.36 pts vs state
$121kMedian applicant income
50Loans originated
61Denied

Trend in Maine

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023461921.7%6.50%#114
2024712018.3%6.44%#98
20252205027.7%7.50%#64

What Better Mortgage lends in Maine

By loan purpose

Home purchase 45 20% · 20.0% denied
Refinance 21 10% · 9.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 36 16% · 30.6% denied
Home improvement 17 8% · 35.3% denied
Other / HELOC 101 46% · 32.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 195 89% · 29.2% denied
FHA 23 10% · 17.4% denied
VA 2 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Maine applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 15 25%
Incomplete application 15 25%
Credit history 14 23%
Collateral 8 13%
Unverifiable information 6 10%
Other 2 3%
Employment history 1 2%

Where in Maine

Counties with the most Better Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cumberland County 571222 38.6%
York County 3779 24.3%
Kennebec County 2045 25.0%
Oxford County 1637 43.8%
Penobscot County 1532 13.3%
Hancock County 1452 14.3%
Androscoggin County 933 33.3%
Aroostook County 820 0.0%
Knox County 823 37.5%
Somerset County 720 0.0%

Other large lenders in Maine

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Bangor Savings BankB 4,51817.2%7.25%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 2,6759.1%6.50%
Rocket MortgageC 2,62822.9%6.75%
The Camden National BankA 2,55913.2%6.99%
CMG MortgageA 2,2514.2%6.63%
Guild MortgageA 1,8385.3%6.63%
Kennebec Savings BankB 1,4939.6%7.00%
TD BankD 1,24420.2%7.35%
Mortgage Research CenterC 1,10417.6%6.25%
Evergreen Credit UnionD 97630.6%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Maine: 220 applications in 2025, of which 50 were originated and 61 denied.

27.7% of all applications, or 55.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Maine statewide average across all lenders was 16.3%.

The median rate on loans Better Mortgage originated in Maine in 2025 was 7.50%, against a statewide median of 6.88%.

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