Is Access National Bank An Expensive Mortgage Lender?

We compare mortgage interest rate and loan related closing costs at Access National Bank with other lenders for mortgages with similar borrower characteristics:

Interest Rate: higher than average (+0.06%)
Loan Related Closing Costs: higher than average (+$376)
Assessment: this lender tends to be a expensive lender.

This scoreboard is based on data reported to FFIEC. In the data, Access National Bank originated 1444 mortgages, a national market share of 0.0%. It was most active in WV (0.4% market share), VA (0.2% market share), and DC (0.1% market share).

On average, Access National Bank’s interest rates were higher than those of comparable mortgages at other lenders (+0.06%).1The comparable mortgages control for Access National Bank’s distribution of loan term (e.g. 30 year vs 15 year), loan-to-value (LTV), debt-to-income (DTI), loan amount, loan program (e.g. Conforming/FHA), loan purpose (e.g. purchase/refinance), and county. Interest rate and loan related closing costs are estimated based on fixed rate mortgages only, whereas market shares include all purchase or refinance mortgages. Its average total loan related closing cost was $5399, which was higher than those of comparable mortgages at $5022, with a difference of +$376. Overall, we estimate that Access National Bank tends to be an expensive lender, with a cost-adjusted-rate difference of +0.08% compared to comparable mortgages at other lenders.2Cost adjusted rates were computed based on each percent of the loan amount in loan related closing costs being worth 1/6 of a percentage point in interest rate. Therefore, we recommend comparing your rate and fees with at least a few other lenders before signing with Access National Bank.

Access National Bank originated Conforming, FHA, USDA and VA mortgages for new home purchases. It also originated Conforming, FHA and VA mortgages for refinances. We breakdown its interest rate and total loan related closing cost on by each of the mortgage types it originated below:

Home Purchase Mortgages from Access National Bank compared to other lenders

ConformingFHAUSDAVA
Interest Rate Difference+0.06%+0.04%+0.00%+0.14%
Loan related Closing Cost Difference+$532+$505+$255-$848
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference+0.09%+0.08%+0.04%+0.11%

Based on the table above, Access National Bank is similar to other lenders for USDA purchase mortgages. It is more expensive than other lenders for Conforming, FHA and VA purchase mortgages.

Mortgage Refinancing from Access National Bank compared to other lenders

ConformingFHAVA
Interest Rate Difference+0.06%-0.01%-0.00%
Loan Related Closing Cost Difference+$306+$111+$558
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference+0.09%+0.00%+0.03%

Based on the table above, Access National Bank is similar to other lenders for FHA and VA mortgage refinance. It is more expensive than other lenders for Conforming mortgage refinance.

Other information about Access National Bank:

Regulator: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) 
Top holder: ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION
Registered city and state: RESTON, VA, 20191

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Footnotes

Footnotes
1The comparable mortgages control for Access National Bank’s distribution of loan term (e.g. 30 year vs 15 year), loan-to-value (LTV), debt-to-income (DTI), loan amount, loan program (e.g. Conforming/FHA), loan purpose (e.g. purchase/refinance), and county. Interest rate and loan related closing costs are estimated based on fixed rate mortgages only, whereas market shares include all purchase or refinance mortgages.
2Cost adjusted rates were computed based on each percent of the loan amount in loan related closing costs being worth 1/6 of a percentage point in interest rate.