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Country Bank for Savings review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Country Bank for Savings earns a B, better than most home-equity (HELOC) lenders. It turned down 13.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 84th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.18 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 48th percentile on pricing. Compared against 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

731Applications2025
72.9%Originatedof applications
13.5%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
7.25%Median ratenational 6.63%
$168MLoan volume4 states

Country Bank for Savings at a glance, 2025

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

11.9%Denial rate (all applications)-6.08 pts vs national
13.5%Denial rate (decided applications)-9.10 pts vs national
72.9%Origination rate+14.88 pts vs national
7.1%Withdrawn by applicant
4.7%Closed for incompleteness
7.25%Median interest rate+0.63 pts vs national
0.18Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.07 pts vs national
$165,000Median loan amount
$4,616Median total loan costs
$107kMedian applicant income
66%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

84th13.5% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

48th0.18 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

55th11.8%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

59th2.80% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202367948413.7%15.5%7.75%$141M
202471349715.2%17.3%8.00%$116M
202573153311.9%13.5%7.25%$168M

What Country Bank for Savings 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 224 31% · 5.4% denied
Refinance 141 19% · 11.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 66 9% · 10.6% denied
Home improvement 209 29% · 15.3% denied
Other / HELOC 91 12% · 22.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 731 100% · 11.9% denied

Also: 467 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 2 manufactured homes, 74 investment properties.

Why Country Bank for Savings denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 87 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 50 57%
Credit history 26 30%
Collateral 9 10%
Other 2 2%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Country Bank for Savings

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k743333.3%
$50k – $100k24017816.0%
$100k – $150k1751309.4%
$150k – $250k1481189.5%
Over $250k42315.9%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–341168113.3%
35–441339918.0%
45–5414510615.6%
55–641399414.2%
65–7497807.7%
Over 74432611.8%

Where Country Bank for Savings lends

4 states and 18 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Massachusetts71451912.0%7.25%#66
Connecticut870.0%6.50%#385
Rhode Island870.0%6.50%#201

Frequently asked questions

Country Bank for Savings denied 13.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 84th percentile of home-equity (HELOC) lenders.

The most common reason Country Bank for Savings gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 57.5% 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 Country Bank for Savings originated in 2025 was 7.25%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.18 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 31% of its applications were for home purchases, 28% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 41% 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 Country Bank for Savings. Data sources · Methodology