Mortgage lender · Oconomowoc, WI · LEI 254900DTLB5WWMBJAD86

Bank Five Nine review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Bank Five Nine earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 4.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 75th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.17 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 66th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.7kApplications2025
78.1%Originatedof applications
4.8%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.50%Median ratenational 6.63%
$440MLoan volume25 states

Bank Five Nine at a glance, 2025

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

4.2%Denial rate (all applications)-13.75 pts vs national
4.8%Denial rate (decided applications)-17.82 pts vs national
78.1%Origination rate+20.11 pts vs national
10.1%Withdrawn by applicant
1.1%Closed for incompleteness
6.50%Median interest rate-0.13 pts vs national
0.17Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.09 pts vs national
$285,000Median loan amount
$3,526Median total loan costs
$112kMedian applicant income
80%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A 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%

75th4.8% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

66th0.17 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

77th11.3%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

87th1.24% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,0358423.8%4.1%6.75%$255M
20241,5071,1973.3%3.7%6.75%$364M
20251,6791,3124.2%4.8%6.50%$440M

What Bank Five Nine 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 1,205 72% · 2.7% denied
Refinance 274 16% · 4.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 191 11% · 12.6% denied
Home improvement 9 1% · 22.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,492 89% · 3.8% denied
FHA 120 7% · 11.7% denied
VA 62 4% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 5 0% · 0.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 4 manufactured homes, 128 investment properties.

Why Bank Five Nine denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 71 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Other 26 37%
Debt-to-income ratio 18 25%
Collateral 13 18%
Credit history 11 15%
Unverifiable information 2 3%
Employment history 1 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Bank Five Nine

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1067510.3%
$50k – $100k5594542.0%
$100k – $150k4253481.8%
$150k – $250k3352660.3%
Over $250k1771460.6%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 25836512.8%
25–345174192.8%
35–443752982.7%
45–543042326.3%
55–642261734.5%
65–74115905.0%
Over 7432234.0%

Where Bank Five Nine lends

25 states and 118 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Wisconsin1,5841,2454.0%6.50%#32
Florida151026.7%6.81%#829
Illinois15120.0%6.44%#632
Minnesota1170.0%6.63%#460
Texas8425.0%7.06%#1,005
Arizona6516.7%6.99%#581
Tennessee650.0%6.25%#721
Michigan5320.0%6.38%#601

Frequently asked questions

Bank Five Nine denied 4.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 75th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Bank Five Nine gave in 2025 was "other", cited on 36.6% 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 Bank Five Nine originated in 2025 was 6.50%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.17 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 72% of its applications were for home purchases, 28% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 1% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 89% conventional, 7% FHA, 4% 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 Bank Five Nine. Data sources · Methodology