Leader Bank · Maine · 2025

Leader Bank in Maine: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Leader Bank took 72 mortgage applications in Maine in 2025, ranking #112 of 537 lenders active in the state. It originated 83.3% of them and denied 4.2% (4.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.3%.

72Applicationsin ME
4.7%Decision denial ratestate 20.1%
6.31%Median ratestate 6.88%
$470,000Median loanstate $215,000
$28MVolume10 counties

Leader Bank in Maine vs the state

4.2%Denial rate-12.16 pts vs state
4.7%Decision denial rate-15.39 pts vs state
83.3%Origination rate+21.16 pts vs state
6.31%Median rate-0.56 pts vs state
-0.09Rate spread (pts)-0.41 pts vs state
$231kMedian applicant income
60Loans originated
3Denied

Trend in Maine

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202331280.0%6.97%#131
202472496.9%6.88%#96
202572604.2%6.31%#112

What Leader Bank lends in Maine

By loan purpose

Home purchase 46 64% · 4.4% denied
Refinance 16 22% · 6.3% denied
Home improvement 1 1% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 9 13% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 71 99% · 4.2% denied
VA 1 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Maine applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 2 67%
Employment history 1 33%

Where in Maine

Counties with the most Leader Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
York County 29240 0.0%
Cumberland County 22182 9.1%
Oxford County 870 0.0%
Lincoln County 320 0.0%
Knox County 330 0.0%
Kennebec County 211 50.0%
Androscoggin County 220 0.0%
Franklin County 110 0.0%
Hancock County 110 0.0%
Piscataquis County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Maine

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Bangor Savings BankB 4,51817.2%7.25%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 2,6759.1%6.50%
Rocket MortgageC 2,62822.9%6.75%
The Camden National BankA 2,55913.2%6.99%
CMG MortgageA 2,2514.2%6.63%
Guild MortgageA 1,8385.3%6.63%
Kennebec Savings BankB 1,4939.6%7.00%
TD BankD 1,24420.2%7.35%
Mortgage Research CenterC 1,10417.6%6.25%
Evergreen Credit UnionD 97630.6%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Maine: 72 applications in 2025, of which 60 were originated and 3 denied.

4.2% of all applications, or 4.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Maine statewide average across all lenders was 16.3%.

The median rate on loans Leader Bank originated in Maine in 2025 was 6.31%, against a statewide median of 6.88%.

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