Better Mortgage · Ohio · 2025

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

Better Mortgage took 1,106 mortgage applications in Ohio in 2025, ranking #81 of 1,092 lenders active in the state. It originated 27.0% of them and denied 26.7% (48.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

1.1kApplicationsin OH
48.5%Decision denial ratestate 21.9%
7.13%Median ratestate 6.88%
$155,000Median loanstate $155,000
$63MVolume80 counties

Better Mortgage in Ohio vs the state

26.7%Denial rate+8.98 pts vs state
48.5%Decision denial rate+26.63 pts vs state
27.0%Origination rate-32.87 pts vs state
7.13%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
0.68Rate spread (pts)+0.30 pts vs state
$116kMedian applicant income
299Loans originated
295Denied

Trend in Ohio

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20233241217.7%6.38%#147
202442716313.4%6.63%#136
20251,10629926.7%7.13%#81

What Better Mortgage lends in Ohio

By loan purpose

Home purchase 356 32% · 17.1% denied
Refinance 114 10% · 20.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 148 13% · 33.1% denied
Home improvement 80 7% · 25.0% denied
Other / HELOC 408 37% · 34.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 924 84% · 26.4% denied
FHA 163 15% · 28.2% denied
VA 19 2% · 26.3% denied

Why it denied Ohio applicants

Incomplete application 105 36%
Credit history 70 24%
Debt-to-income ratio 42 14%
Collateral 35 12%
Unverifiable information 21 7%
Other 19 6%
Employment history 2 1%
Insufficient cash 1 0%

Where in Ohio

Counties with the most Better Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Cuyahoga County 1353833 24.4%
Franklin County 1343432 23.9%
Hamilton County 771719 24.7%
Montgomery County 683021 30.9%
Summit County 63915 23.8%
Warren County 4097 17.5%
Delaware County 371311 29.7%
Lorain County 361013 36.1%
Butler County 34116 17.6%
Stark County 31610 32.3%

Other large lenders in Ohio

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
The Huntington National BankD 42,68325.8%7.59%
Rocket MortgageC 23,16518.5%6.63%
Fifth Third BankD 21,93925.6%7.50%
Crosscountry MortgageB 16,0663.1%6.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 14,62613.1%6.45%
Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of ClevelandC 12,62223.0%6.74%
PNC BankD 11,60724.6%7.40%
Wright-Patt Credit UnionC 8,79128.1%7.50%
U.S. BankD 8,62338.0%7.60%
Citizens BankC 7,77524.3%7.65%

Frequently asked questions

Ohio: 1,106 applications in 2025, of which 299 were originated and 295 denied.

26.7% of all applications, or 48.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Ohio statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans Better Mortgage originated in Ohio in 2025 was 7.13%, against a statewide median of 6.88%.

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