Mortgage lender · Somerset, PA · LEI 549300D1PL8LHKCBST97

Somerset Trust review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Somerset Trust earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 9.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 52nd percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.19 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 93rd percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.3kApplications2025
83.7%Originatedof applications
9.6%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.00%Median ratenational 6.63%
$139MLoan volume9 states

Somerset Trust at a glance, 2025

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

9.1%Denial rate (all applications)-8.87 pts vs national
9.6%Denial rate (decided applications)-12.96 pts vs national
83.7%Origination rate+25.71 pts vs national
5.5%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
6.00%Median interest rate-0.63 pts vs national
-0.19Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.44 pts vs national
$75,000Median loan amount
$3,977Median total loan costs
$88kMedian applicant income
69%Median loan-to-value
1High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

52nd9.6% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

93rd-0.19 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

94th5.5%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

4th5.30% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,08689211.1%11.8%6.49%$111M
20241,09789211.5%12.2%6.25%$118M
20251,2851,0769.1%9.6%6.00%$139M

What Somerset Trust 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 472 37% · 5.1% denied
Refinance 305 24% · 11.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 1 0% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 295 23% · 9.2% denied
Other / HELOC 212 16% · 15.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,249 97% · 9.2% denied
FHA 7 1% · 28.6% denied
USDA / RHS 29 2% · 0.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 94 manufactured homes, 163 investment properties.

Why Somerset Trust denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 117 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 58 50%
Credit history 36 31%
Collateral 16 14%
Unverifiable information 4 3%
Incomplete application 2 2%
Insufficient cash 1 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Somerset Trust

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k16011121.5%
$50k – $100k48940610.4%
$100k – $150k2802338.8%
$150k – $250k1621387.3%
Over $250k49462.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2562528.6%
25–342131728.3%
35–442121758.7%
45–5427222513.4%
55–6423419610.7%
65–7415112210.6%
Over 74362913.9%

Where Somerset Trust lends

9 states and 39 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Pennsylvania1,2461,0409.3%5.99%#73
Maryland17155.9%5.74%#421
West Virginia760.0%6.25%#289
Florida550.0%6.24%#1,094

Frequently asked questions

Somerset Trust denied 9.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 52nd percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Somerset Trust gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 49.6% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Somerset Trust originated in 2025 was 6.00%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.19 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 37% of its applications were for home purchases, 24% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 39% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 97% conventional, 1% 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 Somerset Trust. Data sources · Methodology