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Western State Bank

BankDevils Lake, NDDirect to Consumer

Western State Bank has 123 closed loans in our dataset — fully analyzed and benchmarked against peers across the 4 Ps of Mortgage Shopping.

Pricing
Strong
vs. all lenders
Pull Through
Acceptable
closing strength
Products
Sound
FHA · Conventional
Place
Strong
Multi-Region · 2 mkts

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Safe Rate's 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

CategoryScorevs. Peers
Overall Performance· Pricing & closing strength
Pricing
Rate competitiveness
Strong
Highly Competitive
Rates 2.5 bps below market avg
Pull Through
Closing strength
Acceptable
Near industry average
Bottom 40% of lenders
By Loan Product· Specialization by type
Conventional
Sound
Industry Standard
Top 60% of lenders
FHA
Sound
Industry Standard
Top 60% of lenders
By Loan Purpose· Transaction purpose mix
Purchase
Sound
Industry Standard
Top 60% of lenders
Refinance
Acceptable
Near industry average
Bottom 40% of lenders
By Location· Geographic coverage
Geographic Reach
Coverage footprint
Sound
Industry Standard
Top 60% of lenders
Multi-Regional3 markets

Loan Product Performance

Performance by Loan Product

Loan TypeOverall
ProductPricingPull ThroughVolumeMixSpread
Fees
Conventional
Sound
Sound
Strong
Sound
10585.4%
-0.082%Below
$1,647Fees
FHA Loans
Sound
Sound
Sound
129.8%
+0.652%Above
$1,530Fees

Loan Purpose Performance

Performance by Loan Purpose

PurposeOverall
ProductPricingPull ThroughVolumeMixSpread
Fees
Purchase
Sound
Sound
Strong
Sound
10484.6%
-0.068%Below
$1,624Fees
Refinance
Acceptable
Acceptable
Acceptable
1915.4%
+0.236%Above
$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
States Served
8
We count Washington DC as a state
Avg Place Specialization
Strong

States with Loan Originations

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Top Metro Areas by Place Specialization Score

1
Fargo, ND, ND-MNMSA
Volume: 54Mix: 43.90%of portfolio
Place
Strong
2
Phoenix, AZMSA
Volume: 31Mix: 25.20%of portfolio
Place
Sound

Top States by Place Specialization Score

1
NDState
Volume: 61Mix: 49.59%of portfolio
Place
Strong
2
AZState
Volume: 34Mix: 27.64%of portfolio
Place
Sound
3
MNState
Volume: 20Mix: 16.26%of portfolio
Place
Sound

How We Rank Lenders

Our rankings use geometric mean scoring across equally-weighted categories. This rewards lenders who perform consistently well across all metrics, not just excel in one area.

Our Point System (Max 30 Points)

10
Pricing
Rate and fee competitiveness (33%)
10
Pull Through
Reliability in closing loans (33%)
10
Product
Specialization in the loan type (33%)
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Champion(80%+ = 24-30 points)
Superstar(60-79% = 18-23 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 4 PsRankings are calculated based on observed lender differences on closed loans across Pricing, Pull-through, Product, and Place.
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.