Mortgage lender · Salem, NH · LEI 549300O2WI1UYPLRU579

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

Salem Co-Operative Bank earns a D, weaker than most small mortgage lenders. It turned down 26.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 11th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

124Applications2025
57.3%Originatedof applications
26.2%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$33MLoan volume2 states

Salem Co-Operative Bank at a glance, 2025

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

21.8%Denial rate (all applications)+3.79 pts vs national
26.2%Denial rate (decided applications)+3.62 pts vs national
57.3%Origination rate-0.77 pts vs national
16.1%Withdrawn by applicant
0.8%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$355,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$144kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D 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%

11th26.2% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

28th16.9%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202321213914.2%17.3%$52M
202416110322.4%24.8%$54M
20251247121.8%26.2%$33M

What Salem 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 63 51% · 14.3% denied
Refinance 26 21% · 34.6% denied
Home improvement 24 19% · 20.8% denied
Other / HELOC 11 9% · 36.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 124 100% · 21.8% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 1 manufactured homes, 10 investment properties.

Why Salem Co-Operative Bank denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 27 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 9 33%
Incomplete application 5 19%
Credit history 5 19%
Collateral 3 11%
Other 2 7%
Unverifiable information 2 7%
Insufficient cash 1 4%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Salem Co-Operative Bank

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
$50k – $100k241333.3%
$100k – $150k291926.9%
$150k – $250k271523.8%
Over $250k271623.8%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–34281829.6%
35–44231236.8%
55–6427185.0%

Where Salem Co-Operative Bank lends

2 states and 11 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
New Hampshire985522.5%#86
Massachusetts261619.2%#392

Frequently asked questions

Salem Co-Operative Bank denied 26.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 11th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Salem Co-Operative Bank gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 33.3% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

In 2025, 51% of its applications were for home purchases, 21% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 28% 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 Salem Co-Operative Bank. Data sources · Methodology