American Financing · Hawaii · 2025

American Financing in Hawaii: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

American Financing took 67 mortgage applications in Hawaii in 2025, ranking #76 of 321 lenders active in the state. It originated 9.0% of them and denied 55.2% (82.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.8%.

67Applicationsin HI
82.2%Decision denial ratestate 27.3%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.15%
$425,000Median loanstate $405,000
$3.6MVolume4 counties

American Financing in Hawaii vs the state

55.2%Denial rate+33.39 pts vs state
82.2%Decision denial rate+54.91 pts vs state
9.0%Origination rate-46.41 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate+0.35 pts vs state
0.29Rate spread (pts)+0.53 pts vs state
$116kMedian applicant income
6Loans originated
37Denied

Trend in Hawaii

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202337254.1%8.81%#78
202464664.1%6.50%#67
202567655.2%6.50%#76

What American Financing lends in Hawaii

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2 3% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 12 18% · 66.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 46 69% · 52.2% denied
Other / HELOC 7 10% · 71.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 41 61% · 61.0% denied
FHA 23 34% · 52.2% denied
VA 3 4% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Hawaii applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 12 32%
Credit history 11 30%
Other 8 22%
Collateral 3 8%
Incomplete application 1 3%
Employment history 1 3%
Unverifiable information 1 3%

Where in Hawaii

Counties with the most American Financing applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Honolulu County 40320 50.0%
Hawaii County 14210 71.4%
Maui County 815 62.5%
Kauai County 502 40.0%

Other large lenders in Hawaii

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Bank of HawaiiC 3,67927.8%6.00%
First Hawaiian BankB 2,74019.4%5.87%
American Savings BankC 2,47934.5%5.65%
Hawaiiusa Federal Credit UnionC 1,83338.1%5.65%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 1,71011.1%6.13%
Rocket MortgageC 1,63722.4%6.63%
Central Pacific BankC 1,51933.6%6.13%
Hawaii State Federal Credit UnionC 1,41830.0%5.90%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 98530.2%8.10%
Freedom MortgageB 92410.8%5.75%

Frequently asked questions

Hawaii: 67 applications in 2025, of which 6 were originated and 37 denied.

55.2% of all applications, or 82.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Hawaii statewide average across all lenders was 21.8%.

The median rate on loans American Financing originated in Hawaii in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.15%.

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