Mortgage lender · Reading, MA · LEI 549300BNF48S5Z88UL34

Reading Co-Operative Bank review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Reading Co-Operative Bank earns a C, in line with the typical performance of small mortgage lenders. It turned down 13.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 36th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

184Applications2025
69.0%Originatedof applications
13.2%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$98MLoan volume2 states

Reading Co-Operative Bank at a glance, 2025

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

10.9%Denial rate (all applications)-7.11 pts vs national
13.2%Denial rate (decided applications)-9.43 pts vs national
69.0%Origination rate+10.99 pts vs national
13.0%Withdrawn by applicant
4.4%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$515,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$168kMedian applicant income
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%

36th13.2% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

27th17.4%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20232752008.0%9.8%$119M
2024126768.7%12.1%$64M
202518412710.9%13.2%$98M

What Reading Co-Operative 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 91 49% · 6.6% denied
Refinance 23 13% · 8.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 36 20% · 19.4% denied
Home improvement 30 16% · 13.3% denied
Other / HELOC 4 2% · 25.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 184 100% · 10.9% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 47 investment properties.

Who gets approved at Reading Co-Operative Bank

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
$50k – $100k22160.0%
$100k – $150k281818.2%
$150k – $250k513612.2%
Over $250k36286.7%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–3428210.0%
35–44423011.8%
45–54311920.8%
55–6427234.2%

Where Reading Co-Operative Bank lends

2 states and 12 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Massachusetts17511911.4%#179
New Hampshire980.0%#264

Frequently asked questions

Reading Co-Operative Bank denied 13.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 36th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

In 2025, 49% of its applications were for home purchases, 32% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 18% 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 Reading Co-Operative Bank. Data sources · Methodology