Better Mortgage · Pennsylvania · 2025

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

Better Mortgage took 1,441 mortgage applications in Pennsylvania in 2025, ranking #63 of 1,114 lenders active in the state. It originated 28.5% of them and denied 25.9% (46.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

1.4kApplicationsin PA
46.5%Decision denial ratestate 22.2%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.63%
$175,000Median loanstate $155,000
$103MVolume60 counties

Better Mortgage in Pennsylvania vs the state

25.9%Denial rate+7.59 pts vs state
46.5%Decision denial rate+24.30 pts vs state
28.5%Origination rate-32.44 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
0.47Rate spread (pts)+0.23 pts vs state
$137kMedian applicant income
411Loans originated
373Denied

Trend in Pennsylvania

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202347918610.2%6.25%#144
202457619614.4%6.50%#129
20251,44141125.9%6.88%#63

What Better Mortgage lends in Pennsylvania

By loan purpose

Home purchase 512 36% · 13.5% denied
Refinance 116 8% · 20.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 179 12% · 29.6% denied
Home improvement 100 7% · 33.0% denied
Other / HELOC 534 37% · 36.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,280 89% · 25.8% denied
FHA 151 10% · 27.8% denied
VA 10 1% · 10.0% denied

Why it denied Pennsylvania applicants

Incomplete application 133 36%
Debt-to-income ratio 80 21%
Credit history 74 20%
Collateral 30 8%
Other 26 7%
Unverifiable information 25 7%
Employment history 4 1%
Insufficient cash 1 0%

Where in Pennsylvania

Counties with the most Better Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Philadelphia County 1874650 26.7%
Allegheny County 1644346 28.0%
Montgomery County 1234433 26.8%
Chester County 994112 12.1%
Delaware County 912925 27.5%
Bucks County 722719 26.4%
Monroe County 541517 31.5%
Lehigh County 531315 28.3%
Northampton County 531414 26.4%
Lancaster County 471414 29.8%

Other large lenders in Pennsylvania

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 22,41118.6%6.75%
Citizens BankC 18,25628.1%7.65%
PNC BankD 18,03120.6%6.88%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 13,17813.4%6.47%
Crosscountry MortgageB 11,6153.3%6.63%
Members 1stB 10,86330.9%1.99%
First National Bank of PennsylvaniaB 9,54227.8%6.49%
Police & FireC 8,46034.6%6.25%
PENNSYLVANIA STATE EMPLOYEES Credit UnionC 8,30813.7%6.64%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 7,90012.6%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Pennsylvania: 1,441 applications in 2025, of which 411 were originated and 373 denied.

25.9% of all applications, or 46.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Pennsylvania statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Better Mortgage originated in Pennsylvania in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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