First Shore Federal Savings and Loan Association · Maryland · 2025

First Shore Federal Savings and Loan Association in Maryland: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Shore Federal Savings and Loan Association took 116 mortgage applications in Maryland in 2025, ranking #215 of 810 lenders active in the state. It originated 54.3% of them and denied 13.8% (18.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

116Applicationsin MD
18.0%Decision denial ratestate 24.1%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$130,000Median loanstate $265,000
$15MVolume5 counties

First Shore Federal Savings and Loan Association in Maryland vs the state

13.8%Denial rate-5.01 pts vs state
18.0%Decision denial rate-6.15 pts vs state
54.3%Origination rate-1.40 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$99kMedian applicant income
63Loans originated
16Denied

Trend in Maryland

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231127015.2%#200
2024123799.8%#194
20251166313.8%#215

What First Shore Federal Savings and Loan Association lends in Maryland

By loan purpose

Home purchase 85 73% · 9.4% denied
Refinance 16 14% · 6.3% denied
Home improvement 9 8% · 55.6% denied
Other / HELOC 6 5% · 33.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 116 100% · 13.8% denied

Why it denied Maryland applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 9 56%
Credit history 5 31%
Other 1 6%
Insufficient cash 1 6%

Where in Maryland

Counties with the most First Shore Federal Savings and Loan Association applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Worcester County 54357 13.0%
Wicomico County 41184 9.8%
Somerset County 1454 28.6%
Dorchester County 540 0.0%
Talbot County 211 50.0%

Other large lenders in Maryland

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 12,80616.8%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 11,43623.0%8.00%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 9,30716.0%6.13%
Truist BankC 6,55934.9%6.49%
Bank of AmericaF 6,05135.8%6.24%
NewrezD 5,73921.0%6.63%
State Employees Credit Union of MarylandD 5,62444.6%6.25%
PNC BankD 5,58228.0%7.41%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 5,49732.0%5.99%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 5,41112.4%6.49%

Frequently asked questions

Maryland: 116 applications in 2025, of which 63 were originated and 16 denied.

13.8% of all applications, or 18.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Maryland statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are First Shore Federal Savings and Loan Association's own HMDA filing for properties located in Maryland, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology