Better Mortgage · Delaware · 2025

Better Mortgage in Delaware: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Better Mortgage took 209 mortgage applications in Delaware in 2025, ranking #53 of 540 lenders active in the state. It originated 28.7% of them and denied 25.4% (46.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

209Applicationsin DE
46.9%Decision denial ratestate 22.7%
8.19%Median ratestate 6.63%
$155,000Median loanstate $245,000
$13MVolume3 counties

Better Mortgage in Delaware vs the state

25.4%Denial rate+7.20 pts vs state
46.9%Decision denial rate+24.17 pts vs state
28.7%Origination rate-30.48 pts vs state
8.19%Median rate+1.56 pts vs state
1.30Rate spread (pts)+1.03 pts vs state
$152kMedian applicant income
60Loans originated
53Denied

Trend in Delaware

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202359238.5%6.13%#96
20241153613.9%6.63%#70
20252096025.4%8.19%#53

What Better Mortgage lends in Delaware

By loan purpose

Home purchase 53 25% · 7.6% denied
Refinance 31 15% · 29.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 17 8% · 29.4% denied
Home improvement 16 8% · 18.8% denied
Other / HELOC 92 44% · 34.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 199 95% · 25.6% denied
FHA 10 5% · 20.0% denied

Why it denied Delaware applicants

Incomplete application 13 25%
Debt-to-income ratio 12 23%
Credit history 10 19%
Other 5 9%
Unverifiable information 5 9%
Collateral 5 9%
Insufficient cash 2 4%
Employment history 1 2%

Where in Delaware

Counties with the most Better Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
New Castle County 1434336 25.2%
Sussex County 431510 23.3%
Kent County 2327 30.4%

Other large lenders in Delaware

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 2,38115.5%6.88%
Wilmington Savings Fund SocietyB 1,80116.6%7.25%
Citizens BankC 1,63329.3%7.65%
PNC BankD 1,49225.1%7.50%
NVR Mortgage FinanceB 1,41418.7%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 1,40813.0%6.13%
Pike Creek Mortgage ServicesB 1,3832.2%6.38%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 1,33732.5%5.99%
NewrezD 1,12718.4%6.50%
Del-One Federal Credit UnionD 1,07041.3%7.00%

Frequently asked questions

Delaware: 209 applications in 2025, of which 60 were originated and 53 denied.

25.4% of all applications, or 46.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The Delaware statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans Better Mortgage originated in Delaware in 2025 was 8.19%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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