Cake Mortgage · Arizona · 2025

Cake Mortgage in Arizona: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Cake Mortgage took 139 mortgage applications in Arizona in 2025, ranking #206 of 1,082 lenders active in the state. It originated 58.3% of them and denied 5.8% (8.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.2%.

139Applicationsin AZ
8.9%Decision denial ratestate 20.4%
7.50%Median ratestate 6.50%
$355,000Median loanstate $275,000
$40MVolume10 counties

Cake Mortgage in Arizona vs the state

5.8%Denial rate-10.47 pts vs state
8.9%Decision denial rate-11.52 pts vs state
58.3%Origination rate-1.21 pts vs state
7.50%Median rate+1.00 pts vs state
1.29Rate spread (pts)+1.07 pts vs state
$104kMedian applicant income
81Loans originated
8Denied

Trend in Arizona

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202310330.0%7.13%#515
202463274.8%8.00%#281
2025139815.8%7.50%#206

What Cake Mortgage lends in Arizona

By loan purpose

Home purchase 60 43% · 5.0% denied
Refinance 29 21% · 6.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 50 36% · 6.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 132 95% · 5.3% denied
FHA 6 4% · 16.7% denied
VA 1 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Arizona applicants

Other 4 50%
Incomplete application 4 50%

Where in Arizona

Counties with the most Cake Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Maricopa County 100595 5.0%
Pinal County 1171 9.1%
Mohave County 1052 20.0%
Coconino County 530 0.0%
Yuma County 510 0.0%
Pima County 430 0.0%
Yavapai County 110 0.0%
Apache County 110 0.0%
Gila County 100 0.0%
Navajo County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Arizona

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 25,38310.2%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 17,94715.6%6.75%
Desert Financial Credit UnionB 16,97024.3%6.49%
Crosscountry MortgageB 7,5703.8%6.58%
Fairway Independent MortgageB 6,7295.6%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 6,22932.2%6.24%
Loandepot.ComD 6,18016.1%5.99%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 5,83811.7%6.62%
Nova Financial & InvestmentC 5,38016.2%6.49%
Freedom MortgageB 4,9917.0%6.00%

Frequently asked questions

Arizona: 139 applications in 2025, of which 81 were originated and 8 denied.

5.8% of all applications, or 8.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arizona statewide average across all lenders was 16.2%.

The median rate on loans Cake Mortgage originated in Arizona in 2025 was 7.50%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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