Mortgage lender · New Castle, IN · LEI 549300QX5KH5JXXMYU41

Citizens State Bank of New Castle, Indiana review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Citizens State Bank of New Castle, Indiana earns a D, weaker than most small mortgage lenders. It turned down 20.7% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 18th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.78 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 16th percentile on pricing. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

209Applications2025
67.5%Originatedof applications
20.7%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
7.25%Median ratenational 6.63%
$34MLoan volume3 states

Citizens State Bank of New Castle, Indiana at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

19.1%Denial rate (all applications)+1.16 pts vs national
20.7%Denial rate (decided applications)-1.86 pts vs national
67.5%Origination rate+9.43 pts vs national
6.2%Withdrawn by applicant
1.4%Closed for incompleteness
7.25%Median interest rate+0.63 pts vs national
0.78Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.53 pts vs national
$105,000Median loan amount
$2,314Median total loan costs
$72kMedian applicant income
66%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 1,883 small mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

18th20.7% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

16th0.78 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

69th7.7%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

39th2.20% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202317010223.5%24.4%7.63%$15M
202416310019.0%20.5%7.56%$13M
202520914119.1%20.7%7.25%$34M

What Citizens State Bank of New Castle, Indiana lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 69 33% · 13.0% denied
Refinance 82 39% · 22.0% denied
Home improvement 26 12% · 23.1% denied
Other / HELOC 32 15% · 21.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 208 100% · 18.8% denied
VA 1 0% · 100.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 4 manufactured homes, 26 investment properties.

Why Citizens State Bank of New Castle, Indiana denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 40 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 19 48%
Debt-to-income ratio 14 35%
Other 4 10%
Unverifiable information 1 3%
Collateral 1 3%
Insufficient cash 1 3%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Citizens State Bank of New Castle, Indiana

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k502639.6%
$50k – $100k835318.7%
$100k – $150k23214.6%
$150k – $250k231710.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–3422169.1%
35–44402140.5%
45–54352228.1%
55–64432816.7%
65–74423115.0%

Where Citizens State Bank of New Castle, Indiana lends

3 states and 21 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Indiana20513719.5%7.25%#200

Frequently asked questions

Citizens State Bank of New Castle, Indiana denied 20.7% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 18th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Citizens State Bank of New Castle, Indiana gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 47.5% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Citizens State Bank of New Castle, Indiana originated in 2025 was 7.25%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.78 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 33% of its applications were for home purchases, 39% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 28% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% FHA, 0% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Citizens State Bank of New Castle, Indiana. Data sources · Methodology