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Absolute Home Mortgage review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Absolute Home Mortgage earns a C, in line with the typical performance of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 5.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 72nd percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.50 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 21st percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

4.4kApplications2025
68.1%Originatedof applications
5.2%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$1.0BLoan volume26 states

Absolute Home Mortgage at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

3.7%Denial rate (all applications)-14.26 pts vs national
5.2%Denial rate (decided applications)-17.42 pts vs national
68.1%Origination rate+10.10 pts vs national
28.0%Withdrawn by applicant
0.1%Closed for incompleteness
6.63%Median interest rate0.00 pts vs national
0.50Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.25 pts vs national
$315,000Median loan amount
$8,934Median total loan costs
$109kMedian applicant income
91%Median loan-to-value
2High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the C grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

72nd5.2% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

21st0.50 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

13th28.1%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

30th2.84% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20234,7753,1414.4%6.3%6.75%$1.0B
20244,5103,1173.0%4.1%6.75%$1.0B
20254,3522,9653.7%5.2%6.63%$1.0B

What Absolute Home Mortgage lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 3,688 85% · 3.9% denied
Refinance 664 15% · 2.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,662 61% · 2.7% denied
FHA 1,498 34% · 5.3% denied
VA 148 3% · 7.4% denied
USDA / RHS 44 1% · 2.3% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 5 manufactured homes, 276 investment properties.

Why Absolute Home Mortgage denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 162 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 40 25%
Other 31 19%
Credit history 27 17%
Collateral 26 16%
Unverifiable information 19 12%
Insufficient cash 14 9%
Employment history 5 3%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Absolute Home Mortgage

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k23714113.5%
$50k – $100k1,5551,0636.1%
$100k – $150k1,1718035.5%
$150k – $250k9126452.7%
Over $250k3842591.5%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 252061255.3%
25–341,3519585.0%
35–441,2358195.7%
45–547875474.4%
55–645473674.9%
65–741791187.8%
Over 7447313.1%

Where Absolute Home Mortgage lends

26 states and 275 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
New Jersey2,3051,5693.3%6.63%#34
Pennsylvania5843993.8%6.75%#138
Florida4943383.4%6.62%#241
New York4142986.3%6.93%#150
Ohio141852.8%6.50%#282
Delaware109754.6%6.63%#80
South Carolina67493.0%6.99%#305
Maryland43292.3%6.81%#334
North Carolina40215.0%6.63%#428
Tennessee40307.5%6.50%#444
Connecticut31233.2%6.75%#255
Georgia27163.7%6.75%#532
Texas1590.0%6.75%#901
Virginia8512.5%6.88%#596
West Virginia850.0%6.63%#273

Frequently asked questions

Absolute Home Mortgage denied 5.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 72nd percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Absolute Home Mortgage gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 24.7% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Absolute Home Mortgage originated in 2025 was 6.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.50 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 85% of its applications were for home purchases, 15% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 61% conventional, 34% FHA, 3% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Absolute Home Mortgage. Data sources · Methodology