Salem Five Cents Savings Bank · Massachusetts · 2025

Salem Five Cents Savings Bank in Massachusetts: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Salem Five Cents Savings Bank took 1,448 mortgage applications in Massachusetts in 2025, ranking #32 of 799 lenders active in the state. It originated 64.2% of them and denied 14.4% (17.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.2%.

1.4kApplicationsin MA
17.7%Decision denial ratestate 20.0%
5.99%Median ratestate 6.63%
$205,000Median loanstate $325,000
$286MVolume12 counties

Salem Five Cents Savings Bank in Massachusetts vs the state

14.4%Denial rate-1.78 pts vs state
17.7%Decision denial rate-2.28 pts vs state
64.2%Origination rate+1.63 pts vs state
5.99%Median rate-0.63 pts vs state
-1.26Rate spread (pts)-1.35 pts vs state
$155kMedian applicant income
930Loans originated
209Denied

Trend in Massachusetts

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,18267017.6%6.99%#30
20241,30977417.0%7.24%#33
20251,44893014.4%5.99%#32

What Salem Five Cents Savings Bank lends in Massachusetts

By loan purpose

Home purchase 116 8% · 7.8% denied
Refinance 428 30% · 9.6% denied
Home improvement 468 32% · 17.1% denied
Other / HELOC 436 30% · 18.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,448 100% · 14.4% denied

Why it denied Massachusetts applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 151 72%
Credit history 28 13%
Collateral 25 12%
Other 5 2%

Where in Massachusetts

Counties with the most Salem Five Cents Savings Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Essex County 800521116 14.5%
Middlesex County 35922651 14.2%
Plymouth County 65444 6.2%
Suffolk County 643214 21.9%
Norfolk County 593910 16.9%
Worcester County 42249 21.4%
Bristol County 31204 12.9%
Barnstable County 21180 0.0%
Hampden County 330 0.0%
Dukes County 211 50.0%

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: 1,448 applications in 2025, of which 930 were originated and 209 denied.

14.4% of all applications, or 17.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Massachusetts statewide average across all lenders was 16.2%.

The median rate on loans Salem Five Cents Savings Bank originated in Massachusetts in 2025 was 5.99%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Salem Five Cents Savings Bank'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