Amerant Bank · Florida · 2025

Amerant Bank in Florida: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Amerant Bank took 654 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #204 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 53.7% of them and denied 31.7% (35.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

654Applicationsin FL
35.6%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
8.00%Median ratestate 6.63%
$270,000Median loanstate $255,000
$179MVolume19 counties

Amerant Bank in Florida vs the state

31.7%Denial rate+10.59 pts vs state
35.6%Decision denial rate+8.39 pts vs state
53.7%Origination rate+0.98 pts vs state
8.00%Median rate+1.38 pts vs state
0.72Rate spread (pts)+0.45 pts vs state
$166kMedian applicant income
351Loans originated
207Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202367741029.5%8.75%#196
202460933336.6%9.00%#211
202565435131.7%8.00%#204

What Amerant Bank lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 33 5% · 15.2% denied
Refinance 9 1% · 11.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 219 33% · 33.3% denied
Home improvement 261 40% · 33.0% denied
Other / HELOC 132 20% · 31.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 654 100% · 31.7% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 116 56%
Credit history 46 22%
Collateral 22 11%
Incomplete application 17 8%
Unverifiable information 4 2%
Other 2 1%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Amerant Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Miami-Dade County 398217123 30.9%
Broward County 1377046 33.6%
Palm Beach County 683921 30.9%
Hillsborough County 1686 37.5%
Pinellas County 430 0.0%
Martin County 422 50.0%
St. Lucie County 301 33.3%
Hendry County 303 100.0%
Collier County 330 0.0%
Orange County 321 33.3%

Other large lenders in Florida

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 71,40515.3%6.44%
Rocket MortgageC 46,61121.0%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 23,63437.7%6.24%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 19,51614.1%6.50%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,45223.2%7.59%
Crosscountry MortgageB 19,1035.2%6.75%
NewrezD 17,51922.4%6.75%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 16,66114.5%4.88%
Lennar MortgageA 14,98421.0%4.75%
Truist BankC 14,14041.5%6.60%

Frequently asked questions

Florida: 654 applications in 2025, of which 351 were originated and 207 denied.

31.7% of all applications, or 35.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Amerant Bank originated in Florida in 2025 was 8.00%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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