Altitude Financial · California · 2025

Altitude Financial in California: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Altitude Financial took 79 mortgage applications in California in 2025, ranking #471 of 1,147 lenders active in the state. It originated 79.8% of them and denied 2.5% (3.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.4%.

79Applicationsin CA
3.0%Decision denial ratestate 22.4%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.63%
$415,000Median loanstate $385,000
$27MVolume14 counties

Altitude Financial in California vs the state

2.5%Denial rate-14.89 pts vs state
3.0%Decision denial rate-19.37 pts vs state
79.8%Origination rate+23.55 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.21Rate spread (pts)-0.06 pts vs state
$120kMedian applicant income
63Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in California

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202364531.6%6.88%#508
2024111990.0%6.63%#427
202579632.5%6.38%#471

What Altitude Financial lends in California

By loan purpose

Home purchase 65 82% · 1.5% denied
Refinance 6 8% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 8 10% · 12.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 39 49% · 0.0% denied
FHA 39 49% · 5.1% denied
VA 1 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied California applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 2 100%

Where in California

Counties with the most Altitude Financial applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Fresno County 38291 2.6%
Madera County 12111 8.3%
Riverside County 540 0.0%
San Luis Obispo County 420 0.0%
Tulare County 440 0.0%
Merced County 440 0.0%
San Diego County 330 0.0%
Sacramento County 210 0.0%
Santa Barbara County 220 0.0%
Kern County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in California

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 79,26112.6%6.49%
Rocket MortgageC 58,92517.6%6.75%
Bank of AmericaF 40,19030.8%5.99%
U.S. BankD 32,49331.6%6.50%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 22,0489.7%6.13%
Spring EqD 21,60150.8%8.88%
SchoolsfirstA 19,08610.0%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 18,75413.5%6.50%
NewrezD 17,00019.3%6.63%
Loandepot.ComD 16,64518.7%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

California: 79 applications in 2025, of which 63 were originated and 2 denied.

2.5% of all applications, or 3.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The California statewide average across all lenders was 17.4%.

The median rate on loans Altitude Financial originated in California in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Altitude Financial's own HMDA filing for properties located in California, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology