Mortgage lender · Lake Mary, FL · LEI 5493001ZUNE2DKEA4702

Addition Financial review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Addition Financial earns a D, weaker than most home-equity (HELOC) lenders. It turned down 39.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 11th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.05 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 56th percentile on pricing. Compared against 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.3kApplications2025
44.1%Originatedof applications
39.6%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.50%Median ratenational 6.63%
$87MLoan volume10 states

Addition Financial at a glance, 2025

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

32.0%Denial rate (all applications)+14.00 pts vs national
39.6%Denial rate (decided applications)+16.96 pts vs national
44.1%Origination rate-13.96 pts vs national
11.5%Withdrawn by applicant
7.7%Closed for incompleteness
6.50%Median interest rate-0.13 pts vs national
0.05Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.21 pts vs national
$95,000Median loan amount
$3,277Median total loan costs
$88kMedian applicant income
58%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

11th39.6% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

56th0.05 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

18th19.2%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

41st3.45% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,54051446.1%56.3%7.75%$54M
20241,24248339.5%47.3%7.50%$52M
20251,33258732.0%39.6%6.50%$87M

What Addition Financial 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 232 17% · 43.5% denied
Refinance 37 3% · 40.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 1,063 80% · 29.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,332 100% · 32.0% denied

Also: 771 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 17 manufactured homes, 30 investment properties.

Why Addition Financial denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 426 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 229 54%
Credit history 118 28%
Collateral 47 11%
Other 18 4%
Insufficient cash 8 2%
Employment history 5 1%
Unverifiable information 1 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Addition Financial

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k2293575.8%
$50k – $100k53322142.5%
$100k – $150k29416921.6%
$150k – $250k18211620.1%
Over $250k884419.3%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–34933849.4%
35–442219441.5%
45–5437618634.7%
55–6435315737.6%
65–741777144.1%
Over 741043942.0%

Where Addition Financial lends

10 states and 42 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Florida1,29357431.6%6.50%#127
Georgia301140.0%6.99%#520

Frequently asked questions

Addition Financial denied 39.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 11th percentile of home-equity (HELOC) lenders.

The most common reason Addition Financial gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 53.8% 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 Addition Financial originated in 2025 was 6.50%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.05 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 17% of its applications were for home purchases, 83% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% FHA, 0% 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 Addition Financial. Data sources · Methodology