Is Home Savings Bank An Expensive Mortgage Lender?

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

Interest Rate: lower than average (-0.11%)
Loan Related Closing Costs: similar to average (-$5)
Assessment: this lender tends to be a cheap lender.

This scoreboard is based on data reported to FFIEC. In the data, Home Savings Bank originated 2711 mortgages, a national market share of 0.0%. It was most active in WV (1.5% market share), OH (0.9% market share), and PA (0.1% market share).

On average, Home Savings Bank’s interest rates were lower than those of comparable mortgages at other lenders (-0.11%).1The comparable mortgages control for Home Savings 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 $3369, which was similar to those of comparable mortgages at $3374, with a difference of -$5. Overall, we estimate that Home Savings Bank tends to be an cheap lender, with a cost-adjusted-rate difference of -0.11% 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. Nevertheless, we recommend comparing your rate and fees with at least a few other lenders before signing with Home Savings Bank.

Home Savings Bank originated Conforming, FHA, USDA and VA mortgages for new home purchases. It also originated Conforming 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 Home Savings Bank compared to other lenders

ConformingFHAUSDAVA
Interest Rate Difference-0.08%-0.33%-0.23%-0.22%
Loan related Closing Cost Difference+$29-$125+$203-$276
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.09%-0.36%-0.20%-0.22%

Based on the table above, Home Savings Bank is cheap for Conforming, FHA, USDA and VA purchase mortgages.

Mortgage Refinancing from Home Savings Bank compared to other lenders

Conforming
Interest Rate Difference-0.06%
Loan Related Closing Cost Difference-$44
Cost Adjusted Rate Difference-0.07%

Based on the table above, Home Savings Bank is cheap for Conforming mortgage refinance.

Other information about Home Savings Bank:

Regulator: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) 
Top holder: UNITED COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Registered city and state: Youngstown, OH, 44503

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Footnotes

Footnotes
1The comparable mortgages control for Home Savings 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.