Cake Mortgage · Florida · 2025

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

Cake Mortgage took 413 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #264 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 54.0% of them and denied 10.2% (15.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

413Applicationsin FL
15.8%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
7.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$445,000Median loanstate $255,000
$146MVolume37 counties

Cake Mortgage in Florida vs the state

10.2%Denial rate-10.89 pts vs state
15.8%Decision denial rate-11.45 pts vs state
54.0%Origination rate+1.31 pts vs state
7.63%Median rate+1.00 pts vs state
1.35Rate spread (pts)+1.09 pts vs state
$209kMedian applicant income
223Loans originated
42Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023321237.5%6.50%#722
2024258917.4%7.88%#339
202541322310.2%7.63%#264

What Cake Mortgage lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 230 56% · 7.8% denied
Refinance 40 10% · 17.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 143 35% · 11.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 396 96% · 9.3% denied
FHA 16 4% · 25.0% denied
VA 1 0% · 100.0% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Incomplete application 25 60%
Other 16 38%
Unverifiable information 1 2%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Cake Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Miami-Dade County 18710219 10.2%
Broward County 71464 5.6%
Palm Beach County 28135 17.9%
Orange County 1972 10.5%
Lee County 17101 5.9%
Hillsborough County 1071 10.0%
Polk County 841 12.5%
Manatee County 650 0.0%
Lake County 621 16.7%
Osceola County 631 16.7%

Other large lenders in Florida

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 71,40515.3%6.44%
Rocket MortgageC 46,61121.0%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 23,63437.7%6.24%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 19,51614.1%6.50%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,45223.2%7.59%
Crosscountry MortgageB 19,1035.2%6.75%
NewrezD 17,51922.4%6.75%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 16,66114.5%4.88%
Lennar MortgageA 14,98421.0%4.75%
Truist BankC 14,14041.5%6.60%

Frequently asked questions

Florida: 413 applications in 2025, of which 223 were originated and 42 denied.

10.2% of all applications, or 15.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Cake Mortgage originated in Florida in 2025 was 7.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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