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Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital earns a C, in line with the typical performance of investment-property lenders. It turned down 8.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 32nd percentile for approval odds. Compared against 220 investment-property lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

272Applications2025
91.5%Originatedof applications
8.1%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$4.1BLoan volume40 states

Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital at a glance, 2025

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

8.1%Denial rate (all applications)-9.89 pts vs national
8.1%Denial rate (decided applications)-14.47 pts vs national
91.5%Origination rate+33.51 pts vs national
0.4%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$10,445,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
Median applicant income
65%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%

32nd8.1% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

85th0.4%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202320818511.1%11.1%$2.6B
202420817416.4%16.4%$3.3B
20252722498.1%8.1%$4.1B

What Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital 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

Refinance 87 32% · 5.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 148 54% · 0.7% denied
Other / HELOC 37 14% · 43.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 246 90% · 7.3% denied
FHA 18 7% · 22.2% denied
USDA / RHS 8 3% · 0.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 15 manufactured homes, 272 investment properties.

Why Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 22 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Other 22 100%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Where Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital lends

40 states and 155 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Ohio51493.9%#406
Kentucky201810.0%#351
North Carolina17170.0%#548
Texas161037.5%#888
California15146.7%#685
Georgia15150.0%#610
Michigan14140.0%#483
Minnesota14140.0%#430
Indiana13127.7%#519
Alabama880.0%#510
Colorado7428.6%#567
Arizona6516.7%#583
Florida660.0%#1,056
Nevada660.0%#349
Tennessee660.0%#719
Illinois5340.0%#762
Virginia550.0%#653

Frequently asked questions

Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital denied 8.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 32nd percentile of investment-property lenders.

The most common reason Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital gave in 2025 was "other", cited on 100.0% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

In 2025, 0% of its applications were for home purchases, 86% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 14% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 90% conventional, 7% 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 Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital. Data sources · Methodology