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The Farmers & Merchants Bank

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The Farmers & Merchants Bank has 152 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
Pull-through
Sound
3/5
closing strength
Product
Acceptable
2/5
Conventional
Place
Sound
3/5
Regional · 1 mkts
Promptness
Not enough data
—/5
No quote responses measured yet

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Report Card

The Farmers & Merchants Bank performance at a glance

Overall Performance· Pricing & closing strength
Pricing
Rate competitiveness
No peer data
Pull Through
Closing strength
Sound
Top 60% of lenders
3/5
By Loan Product· Specialization by type
Conventional
148 loans · 0.19% below market
Acceptable
Bottom 40% of lenders
2/5
By Loan Purpose· Transaction purpose mix
Purchase
118 loans · 0.31% below market
Acceptable
Bottom 40% of lenders
2/5
Refinance
34 loans · 0.15% below market
Sound
Top 60% of lenders
3/5
By Location· Geographic coverage
Geographic Reach
Regional · 2 markets
Strong
Top 40% of lenders
4/5

Loan Product Performance

Performance by Loan Product

Conventional
Overall
Acceptable
Product
Acceptable
Pricing—
Pull Through
Acceptable
Volume148
Mix97.4%
Spread
-0.189%Below
Fees
$1,913Fees

Loan Purpose Performance

Performance by Loan Purpose

Purchase
Overall
Acceptable
Product
Acceptable
Pricing—
Pull Through
Acceptable
Volume118
Mix77.6%
Spread
-0.308%Below
Fees
$2,159Fees
Refinance
Overall
Sound
Product
Sound
Pricing—
Pull Through
Sound
Volume34
Mix22.4%
Spread
-0.149%Below
Fees
$1,831Fees

At a Glance

Lender Overview

Lending Activity
Loans Originated
152
Applications
222
Volume
$34 million
Pricing & Closing
Pullthrough Rate
68.5%
Applications → Closed
Typical Borrower
Avg Loan Amount
$226,711
Avg Borrower Income
$128,711
Avg Property Value
$327,697

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Performance

Metro Areas
1
markets with activity
States Served
2
of 50 states + DC
Avg Place Specialization
Sound
3/5

States with Loan Originations

2Full-year 2024 · HMDA
2 states with loan originations
Loans originated
All statesNone
South2
ARMS

Top Metro Areas by Place Specialization Score

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Fayetteville, ARMetro
Volume 30Mix 19.74% of portfolio
60/100
Sound

Top States by Place Specialization Score

Arkansas
Arkansas
1
ArkansasState
Volume 150Mix 98.68% of portfolio
76/100
Strong

How We Rank Lenders

Our rankings use an equal-weight average of scores across the 5 Ps: Pricing, Product, Pull-Through, Place, and Promptness. Promptness measures how quickly a lender answers real shopper quote requests; a lender with none measured yet is counted at an estimate.

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 Safe Rate 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.