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Although the real estate market is deep into the current cycle, commercial lending did not falter in 2018 and banks were able to achieve strong results by staying in their lanes and sticking to the individualized strategies they have spent years building.
Every year, The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman, compiles the top 10 mortgage lenders among Massachusetts’ credit unions, banks and mortgage companies, ranked by number of loans and loan volume in several origination categories. All loans were originated in 2018.
Despite being located in one of the most heavily-banked states in the country, community banks had a good showing and competed with the state’s larger banks in nearly every category.
