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Citizens Bank, National Association vs UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC

Both lenders' 2025 filings, side by side: the rate and the fees their borrowers actually got, and what the difference is worth over 7 years.

Over 7 years on a $245,000 loan, the median terms at UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC come out $18,081 cheaper.

UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC costs more at closing, so it only pulls ahead in month 6 — 6 months in. Leave sooner and the other side was the cheaper one.

Same loan on both sides — $245,000 over 30 years — priced at each lender's median rate and median fees for 2025. It is not a quote: HMDA records what borrowers received, and the two lenders serve different borrowers.

Citizens Bank, National Association

7.500%

Median rate

Median fees
$6,796
Disclosed APR here
7.790%
Cost over 7 years
$130,688
Loans in 2025
68,902
Bought discount points
7.7%
Purchases / refinances
15.9% / 35.8%
Cheaper over 7 years

UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC

6.375%

Median rate

Median fees
$8,160
Disclosed APR here
6.701%
Cost over 7 years
$112,607
Loans in 2025
422,120
Bought discount points
49.8%
Purchases / refinances
56.3% / 43.7%

Fees and rate trade against each other. 7.7% of Citizens Bank, National Association borrowers bought discount points, against 49.8% at UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC — paying up front to lower the rate shows up as higher fees and a lower rate at once, which is exactly what the seven-year figure above is built to settle. Run your own two offers

Where both of them lend

The states where the two overlap most, by combined volume. Same market, same rules, different numbers.

State Citizens Bank, National Association UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC Median fees, Citizens Bank, National Association Median fees, UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC
California 589 57,281 $9,343 $9,534
Florida 2,297 49,897 $8,532 $10,076
Texas 121 42,285 $6,911 $8,389
Michigan 3,697 22,015 $4,059 $5,647
New York 11,000 11,158 $9,587 $11,045
Pennsylvania 10,441 9,333 $6,210 $8,045
Georgia 669 17,047 $5,820 $8,595
Ohio 4,732 10,425 $4,764 $6,815
Massachusetts 10,235 4,404 $6,761 $9,091
North Carolina 931 13,671 $5,412 $7,493
New Jersey 7,208 7,084 $8,073 $10,754
Illinois 454 11,397 $6,221 $6,585

Figures are medians of loans actually originated in , as reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. They describe what borrowers received, not what you would be offered: HMDA contains no credit scores, so these numbers cannot be read as pricing for any individual. Lender fees are reported for % of loans here — see methodology.