Better Banks: 2025 mortgage rates, costs & approvals
How Better Banks priced and approved home loans in 2025, measured against every lender in the official HMDA records.
HMDA legal name: Better Banks · LEI 254900UAJ26M2YIF0822
In 2025, Better Banks originated 91 home-purchase, refinance and cash-out loans on owner-occupied single-family homes in 3 states — 1910th by volume among the 2,017 lenders profiled here.
It denied 4.3% of completed home-purchase applications (all lenders: 8.5%).
How Better Banks priced home-purchase loans
| Purchase loans, 2025 | Better Banks | All lenders |
|---|---|---|
| 30-year fixed rate · conventional | — | 6.625% |
| 30-year fixed rate · FHA | — | 6.250% |
| 30-year fixed rate · VA | — | 6.125% |
| 15-year fixed rate · conventional | — | 5.875% |
| Rate spread vs. APOR · conventional | — | +0.13 pts |
| Total loan costs · conventional | — | $5,570 |
| Total loan costs · FHA | — | $11,310 |
| Total loan costs · VA | — | $6,490 |
| Origination charges (all types) | — | $1,860 |
| Borrowers paying discount points | — | 51.3% |
| Points paid, when paid (% of loan) | — | 0.87% |
| Borrowers receiving lender credits | — | 33.1% |
Medians shown with at least 20 loans. A lender's numbers reflect its borrowers (credit, down payment, loan size, location) as well as its pricing; HMDA has no credit scores. Rate spread = APR minus the average prime offer rate on the lock date, which removes most of the effect of when the rate was locked.
Loan mix and borrowers
By loan type
By purpose
Where Better Banks lends
Counties where Better Banks is a top lender
| County | Rank | Loans | Market share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stark County, IL | 6 | 2 | 4.2% |
| Peoria County, IL | 10 | 51 | 2.3% |
| Tazewell County, IL | 13 | 25 | 1.4% |
| Marshall County, IL | 22 | 2 | 1.2% |
| Fulton County, IL | 15 | 4 | 1.1% |
Check Better Banks yourself
- FFIEC HMDA Data Browser — the official 2025 records filed under LEI 254900UAJ26M2YIF0822.
- NMLS Consumer Access — confirm the company and loan officer are licensed in your state.
- CFPB Consumer Complaint Database — search complaints by company name.
- Compare your Loan Estimate from Better Banks with similar 2025 loans.
This is a statistical profile, not a review or recommendation. HMDA data alone cannot show whether a lender complies with fair-lending laws, and a lender's medians depend on the borrowers it serves.
Lenders of similar size
Source: FFIEC/CFPB HMDA 2025 public LAR and filer list. Core segment: owner-occupied, single-family site-built, first-lien, closed-end purchase and refinance loans. Methodology