Guidance Residential · Massachusetts · 2025

Guidance Residential in Massachusetts: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Guidance Residential took 107 mortgage applications in Massachusetts in 2025, ranking #241 of 799 lenders active in the state. It originated 74.8% of them and denied 2.8% (3.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.2%.

107Applicationsin MA
3.3%Decision denial ratestate 20.0%
7.00%Median ratestate 6.63%
$495,000Median loanstate $325,000
$40MVolume8 counties

Guidance Residential in Massachusetts vs the state

2.8%Denial rate-13.41 pts vs state
3.3%Decision denial rate-16.69 pts vs state
74.8%Origination rate+12.17 pts vs state
7.00%Median rate+0.38 pts vs state
0.45Rate spread (pts)+0.35 pts vs state
$156kMedian applicant income
80Loans originated
3Denied

Trend in Massachusetts

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202367440.0%7.13%#277
202486595.8%7.13%#254
2025107802.8%7.00%#241

What Guidance Residential lends in Massachusetts

By loan purpose

Home purchase 92 86% · 2.2% denied
Refinance 9 8% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 6 6% · 16.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 107 100% · 2.8% denied

Why it denied Massachusetts applicants

Employment history 1 33%
Credit history 1 33%
Insufficient cash 1 33%

Where in Massachusetts

Counties with the most Guidance Residential applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Middlesex County 43340 0.0%
Worcester County 21141 4.8%
Suffolk County 14120 0.0%
Bristol County 971 11.1%
Essex County 740 0.0%
Hampden County 640 0.0%
Norfolk County 531 20.0%
Berkshire County 220 0.0%

Other large lenders in Massachusetts

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Citizens BankC 17,47629.0%7.40%
Rocket MortgageC 8,69815.9%6.75%
Bank of AmericaF 7,78430.1%5.99%
Guaranteed RateB 7,3134.5%6.50%
Eastern BankB 6,21631.8%6.99%
Rockland TrustC 5,99028.6%6.99%
Leader BankA 5,9131.8%6.25%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 5,89812.8%6.50%
Crosscountry MortgageB 5,6343.8%6.63%
TD BankD 3,77826.9%7.44%

Frequently asked questions

Massachusetts: 107 applications in 2025, of which 80 were originated and 3 denied.

2.8% of all applications, or 3.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Massachusetts statewide average across all lenders was 16.2%.

The median rate on loans Guidance Residential originated in Massachusetts in 2025 was 7.00%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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