Mortgage lender · Baltimore, MD · LEI 549300ASFUWYQO0RW077

Arbor Realty Trust review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Arbor Realty Trust earns a C, in line with the typical performance of investment-property lenders. It turned down 7.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 37th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 220 investment-property lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

551Applications2025
76.8%Originatedof applications
7.1%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
5.57%Median ratenational 6.63%
$5.6BLoan volume45 states

Arbor Realty Trust at a glance, 2025

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

6.0%Denial rate (all applications)-11.99 pts vs national
7.1%Denial rate (decided applications)-15.49 pts vs national
76.8%Origination rate+18.74 pts vs national
15.1%Withdrawn by applicant
0.5%Closed for incompleteness
5.57%Median interest rate-1.05 pts vs national
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$6,175,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
Median applicant income
66%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the C grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 220 investment-property lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

37th7.1% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

18th15.6%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20237235198.3%10.1%5.80%$5.4B
20245644125.3%6.7%5.89%$4.9B
20255514236.0%7.1%5.57%$5.6B

What Arbor Realty Trust 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 123 22% · 3.3% denied
Refinance 151 27% · 4.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 277 50% · 8.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 547 99% · 6.0% denied
FHA 4 1% · 0.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 551 investment properties.

Why Arbor Realty Trust denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 33 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Other 17 52%
Collateral 7 21%
Unverifiable information 5 15%
Credit history 4 12%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Where Arbor Realty Trust lends

45 states and 246 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas73495.5%5.55%#624
New York71515.6%5.67%#303
Florida42402.4%5.32%#624
New Jersey37318.1%5.63%#388
North Carolina29260.0%5.88%#473
Illinois23154.4%5.38%#577
Ohio231613.0%5.89%#509
Pennsylvania23214.4%5.11%#583
Georgia21174.8%5.71%#563
California201130.0%5.72%#644
South Carolina19190.0%5.92%#456
Connecticut17160.0%5.34%#319
Alabama13110.0%5.71%#443
Missouri13110.0%5.59%#485
Tennessee11818.2%5.35%#619
Mississippi980.0%5.83%#286
Arizona860.0%5.27%#543
Oregon8437.5%5.05%#386
Arkansas660.0%5.12%#395
Kentucky6516.7%5.31%#469
Michigan640.0%5.59%#569
Colorado540.0%6.29%#606
District of Columbia5020.0%#247
Maryland540.0%6.36%#538

Frequently asked questions

Arbor Realty Trust denied 7.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 37th percentile of investment-property lenders.

The most common reason Arbor Realty Trust gave in 2025 was "other", cited on 51.5% 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 Arbor Realty Trust originated in 2025 was 5.57%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.00 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 22% of its applications were for home purchases, 78% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 99% conventional, 1% 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 Arbor Realty Trust. Data sources · Methodology