Mortgage lender · Carmichaels, PA · LEI 5493008JDUT3R3K1LZ58

Community Bank review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Community Bank earns a C, in line with the typical performance of small mortgage lenders. It turned down 18.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 23rd percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.27 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 50th percentile on pricing. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

214Applications2025
72.4%Originatedof applications
18.6%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.55%Median ratenational 6.63%
$45MLoan volume5 states

Community Bank at a glance, 2025

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

16.8%Denial rate (all applications)-1.16 pts vs national
18.6%Denial rate (decided applications)-4.03 pts vs national
72.4%Origination rate+14.40 pts vs national
9.4%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
6.55%Median interest rate-0.08 pts vs national
0.27Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.02 pts vs national
$95,000Median loan amount
$646Median total loan costs
$77kMedian applicant income
63%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the C 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%

23rd18.6% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

50th0.27 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

61st9.4%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

91st0.68% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202334925321.8%22.4%6.70%$55M
202422215523.4%24.5%7.08%$27M
202521415516.8%18.6%6.55%$45M

What Community Bank 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 65 30% · 10.8% denied
Refinance 54 25% · 25.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 27 13% · 11.1% denied
Home improvement 31 14% · 22.6% denied
Other / HELOC 37 17% · 13.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 198 93% · 15.2% denied
FHA 14 7% · 28.6% denied
USDA / RHS 2 1% · 100.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 11 manufactured homes, 32 investment properties.

Why Community Bank denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 36 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 14 39%
Collateral 7 19%
Incomplete application 6 17%
Debt-to-income ratio 5 14%
Other 2 6%
Insufficient cash 1 3%
Employment history 1 3%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Community Bank

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k402233.3%
$50k – $100k865821.1%
$100k – $150k312710.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–34281348.0%
35–44231619.1%
45–54281730.8%
55–64403113.9%
65–7436289.4%
Over 74221521.1%

Where Community Bank lends

5 states and 23 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Pennsylvania14510017.9%6.55%#328
West Virginia473419.2%6.55%#140
Ohio20195.0%6.64%#526

Frequently asked questions

Community Bank denied 18.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 23rd percentile of small mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Community Bank gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 38.9% 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 Community Bank originated in 2025 was 6.55%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.27 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 30% of its applications were for home purchases, 38% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 32% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 93% conventional, 7% 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 Community Bank. Data sources · Methodology