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

Ameritrust Mortgage earns a D, weaker than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 7.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 59th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.77 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 8th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

6.7kApplications2025
47.6%Originatedof applications
7.6%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.99%Median ratenational 6.63%
$1.6BLoan volume48 states

Ameritrust Mortgage at a glance, 2025

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

3.9%Denial rate (all applications)-14.04 pts vs national
7.6%Denial rate (decided applications)-15.00 pts vs national
47.6%Origination rate-10.40 pts vs national
48.0%Withdrawn by applicant
0.2%Closed for incompleteness
6.99%Median interest rate+0.37 pts vs national
0.77Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.52 pts vs national
$375,000Median loan amount
$13,953Median total loan costs
$143kMedian applicant income
78%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D 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%

59th7.6% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

8th0.77 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

2nd48.1%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

11th3.72% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,1015144.2%8.0%7.88%$274M
20243,8582,1772.6%4.3%7.38%$1.1B
20256,7063,1943.9%7.6%6.99%$1.6B

What Ameritrust 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 3,329 50% · 3.5% denied
Refinance 1,135 17% · 4.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 2,233 33% · 4.4% denied
Other / HELOC 9 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 5,076 76% · 4.1% denied
FHA 1,404 21% · 3.7% denied
VA 176 3% · 2.8% denied
USDA / RHS 50 1% · 2.0% denied

Also: 5 home-equity lines, 1 reverse mortgages, 117 manufactured homes, 2,907 investment properties.

Why Ameritrust Mortgage denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 264 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Collateral 82 31%
Credit history 71 27%
Unverifiable information 45 17%
Debt-to-income ratio 37 14%
Insufficient cash 13 5%
Other 8 3%
Employment history 6 2%
Incomplete application 2 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Ameritrust Mortgage

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k2375622.2%
$50k – $100k9844577.1%
$100k – $150k1,0415098.1%
$150k – $250k8524613.6%
Over $250k1,1996055.9%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 25193787.1%
25–341,2736797.2%
35–442,0419797.8%
45–541,5817317.1%
55–641,0184588.6%
65–744322056.8%
Over 74158638.7%

Where Ameritrust Mortgage lends

48 states and 744 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
California2,5751,3723.4%6.99%#77
Florida8903894.5%6.75%#167
Texas4252117.1%6.88%#288
Louisiana193851.0%6.99%#121
Georgia171524.1%6.93%#261
North Carolina163583.7%7.25%#256
Wisconsin150714.7%6.63%#203
Illinois144552.8%7.38%#300
Arizona123534.9%7.38%#222
Maryland122623.3%6.62%#212
Michigan118556.8%7.38%#253
Ohio112610.9%7.00%#313
Pennsylvania111516.3%6.88%#362
New Jersey103444.9%7.25%#263
South Carolina98434.1%7.38%#260
Tennessee93384.3%6.93%#332
Nevada92504.4%6.88%#149
Colorado78403.9%7.13%#253
Mississippi76232.6%7.00%#142
Washington75352.7%7.00%#266
Idaho73401.4%7.25%#137
Arkansas582010.3%6.75%#197
Utah58325.2%7.43%#160
Oregon53201.9%6.93%#215
Oklahoma52351.9%6.88%#255
Virginia51250.0%7.00%#372
Connecticut49356.1%6.50%#222
Massachusetts48166.3%6.88%#332
Alabama44140.0%7.06%#322
District of Columbia44114.6%8.00%#80
New York431211.6%6.88%#346
Missouri39212.6%6.99%#370
Kentucky3892.6%6.99%#290
Indiana35152.9%7.00%#391
Minnesota28133.6%7.13%#350
Hawaii17211.8%7.44%#139
Nebraska1080.0%6.69%#249
New Hampshire840.0%7.18%#271
Delaware710.0%7.13%#276
Rhode Island740.0%7.50%#216
Iowa610.0%5.75%#398
New Mexico620.0%6.75%#295
Kansas510.0%6.63%#408
Maine530.0%7.13%#292

Frequently asked questions

Ameritrust Mortgage denied 7.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 59th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Ameritrust Mortgage gave in 2025 was "collateral", cited on 31.1% 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 Ameritrust Mortgage originated in 2025 was 6.99%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.77 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 50% of its applications were for home purchases, 50% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 76% conventional, 21% 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 Ameritrust Mortgage. Data sources · Methodology