Better Mortgage · Rhode Island · 2025

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

Better Mortgage took 161 mortgage applications in Rhode Island in 2025, ranking #58 of 453 lenders active in the state. It originated 26.7% of them and denied 27.3% (49.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.7%.

161Applicationsin RI
49.4%Decision denial ratestate 23.2%
9.13%Median ratestate 6.75%
$135,000Median loanstate $255,000
$8.9MVolume5 counties

Better Mortgage in Rhode Island vs the state

27.3%Denial rate+8.63 pts vs state
49.4%Decision denial rate+26.27 pts vs state
26.7%Origination rate-33.04 pts vs state
9.13%Median rate+2.38 pts vs state
2.58Rate spread (pts)+2.40 pts vs state
$150kMedian applicant income
43Loans originated
44Denied

Trend in Rhode Island

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202322114.6%6.13%#130
202442189.5%6.50%#94
20251614327.3%9.13%#58

What Better Mortgage lends in Rhode Island

By loan purpose

Home purchase 22 14% · 4.6% denied
Refinance 10 6% · 30.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 30 19% · 33.3% denied
Home improvement 14 9% · 7.1% denied
Other / HELOC 85 53% · 34.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 150 93% · 26.7% denied
FHA 10 6% · 30.0% denied
VA 1 1% · 100.0% denied

Why it denied Rhode Island applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 16 36%
Credit history 13 30%
Collateral 5 11%
Incomplete application 5 11%
Other 3 7%
Employment history 1 2%
Unverifiable information 1 2%

Where in Rhode Island

Counties with the most Better Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Providence County 902331 34.4%
Kent County 2656 23.1%
Newport County 2383 13.0%
Washington County 1744 23.5%
Bristol County 530 0.0%

Other large lenders in Rhode Island

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Citizens BankC 6,32927.8%7.40%
Navigant Credit UnionB 2,84716.1%6.50%
COASTAL1 Credit UnionB 1,93124.3%6.75%
The Washington Trust Company, of WesterlyC 1,75521.9%6.38%
Rocket MortgageC 1,43019.7%6.75%
Movement MortgageA 1,3083.6%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 1,29839.1%6.24%
Primary Residential MortgageC 1,0568.4%6.63%
BankNewportB 1,01419.7%6.63%
CMG MortgageA 9927.6%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

Rhode Island: 161 applications in 2025, of which 43 were originated and 44 denied.

27.3% of all applications, or 49.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Rhode Island statewide average across all lenders was 18.7%.

The median rate on loans Better Mortgage originated in Rhode Island in 2025 was 9.13%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

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