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Western State Bank has 123 closed loans in our dataset — fully analyzed and benchmarked against peers across the 5 Ps of Mortgage Shopping.

Safe Rate Ratings· each scored 1–5 against peer lenders
Pricing
Strong
4/5
vs. all lenders
Pull-through
Acceptable
2/5
closing strength
Product
Sound
3/5
FHA · Conventional
Place
Strong
4/5
Multi-Region · 2 mkts
Promptness
Not enough data
—/5
No quote responses measured yet

Safe Rate Summary

What They Do Well

  • Offers rates 2.50 basis points below market average
  • Lower than average lender fees

Things to Think About

  • Pull through efficiency is below industry average

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Report Card

Western State Bank performance at a glance

Overall Performance· Pricing & closing strength
Pricing
Rate competitiveness
Strong
Rates 2.5 bps below market avg
4/5
Pull Through
Closing strength
Acceptable
Bottom 40% of lenders
2/5
By Loan Product· Specialization by type
Conventional
105 loans · 0.08% below market
Sound
Top 60% of lenders
3/5
FHA
12 loans · 0.65% above market
Sound
Top 60% of lenders
3/5
By Loan Purpose· Transaction purpose mix
Purchase
104 loans · 0.07% below market
Sound
Top 60% of lenders
3/5
Refinance
19 loans · 0.24% above market
Acceptable
Bottom 40% of lenders
2/5
By Location· Geographic coverage
Geographic Reach
Multi-Regional · 3 markets
Sound
Top 60% of lenders
3/5

Loan Product Performance

Performance by Loan Product

Conventional
Overall
Sound
Product
Sound
Pricing
Strong
Pull Through
Sound
Volume105
Mix85.4%
Spread
-0.082%Below
Fees
$1,647Fees
FHA Loans
Overall
Sound
Product
Sound
Pricing
Pull Through
Sound
Volume12
Mix9.8%
Spread
+0.652%Above
Fees
$1,530Fees

Loan Purpose Performance

Performance by Loan Purpose

Purchase
Overall
Sound
Product
Sound
Pricing
Strong
Pull Through
Sound
Volume104
Mix84.6%
Spread
-0.068%Below
Fees
$1,624Fees
Refinance
Overall
Acceptable
Product
Acceptable
Pricing
Pull Through
Acceptable
Volume19
Mix15.4%
Spread
+0.236%Above
Fees
$1,195Fees

At a Glance

Lender Overview

Lending Activity
Loans Originated
123
Applications
182
Volume
$38 million
Pricing & Closing
Avg Rate Spread
-0.025%
vs. market APOR
Avg Net Fees
$1,562
Origination − Credits
Pullthrough Rate
67.6%
Applications → Closed
Typical Borrower
Avg Loan Amount
$316,870
Avg Borrower Income
$177,927
Avg Property Value
$501,667

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Performance

Metro Areas
2
markets with activity
States Served
8
of 50 states + DC
Avg Place Specialization
Strong
4/5

States with Loan Originations

8Full-year 2024 · HMDA
8 states with loan originations
Loans originated
< 2020–5050+None
Midwest3
ILMNND
South2
GATX
West3
AZMTNM

Top Metro Areas by Place Specialization Score

1© Ron Reiring · CC BY 2.0
Fargo, ND, ND-MNMetro
Volume 54Mix 43.90% of portfolio
73/100
Strong
2© DPPed · CC BY-SA 3.0
Phoenix, AZMetro
Volume 31Mix 25.20% of portfolio
57/100
Sound

Top States by Place Specialization Score

North Dakota
North Dakota
1
North DakotaState
Volume 61Mix 49.59% of portfolio
69/100
Strong
Arizona
Arizona
2
ArizonaState
Volume 34Mix 27.64% of portfolio
57/100
Sound
Minnesota
Minnesota
3
MinnesotaState
Volume 20Mix 16.26% of portfolio
51/100
Sound

How We Rank Lenders

Our rankings use an equal-weight average of scores across the 5 Ps — Pricing, Product, Pull-Through, and Place — with lender promptness blending in as the fifth once a lender has responded to real shopper quote requests.

Our Point System (Max 50 Points)

10/ 50 pts
Pricing
How competitively a lender prices vs. the market benchmark (20%).
10/ 50 pts
Product
Performance on your specific loan type (20%).
10/ 50 pts
Pull Through
How reliably a lender closes the loans it starts (20%).
10/ 50 pts
Place
Depth of a lender's expertise in your local market (20%).
10/ 50 pts
Promptness
How quickly a lender answers real quote requests — blended in once they respond (20%).
Champion
Champion(80%+ = 40-50 points)
Superstar
Superstar(60-79% = 30-39 points)

Data Integrity & Updates

Data is updated quarterly based on the latest HMDA filings and proprietary SafeRate analysis. All metrics are calculated using standardized methodologies to ensure fair comparison across lenders.

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The 5 PsRankings are calculated from observed lender differences on closed loans across Pricing, Pull-through, Product, and Place, plus Promptness when a lender has answered real shopper quote requests.
No Pay to PlayLenders cannot buy their way to the top. Rankings are 100% earned.
HMDA 2024Built using publicly available originated loan data from the federal government.
Peer BenchmarkedPerformance is normalized and benchmarked against peer institutions.