Cake Mortgage · Maryland · 2025

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

Cake Mortgage took 28 mortgage applications in Maryland in 2025, ranking #378 of 810 lenders active in the state. It originated 53.6% of them and denied 14.3% (21.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

28Applicationsin MD
21.1%Decision denial ratestate 24.1%
7.88%Median ratestate 6.63%
$380,000Median loanstate $265,000
$8.7MVolume6 counties

Cake Mortgage in Maryland vs the state

14.3%Denial rate-4.51 pts vs state
21.1%Decision denial rate-3.08 pts vs state
53.6%Origination rate-2.14 pts vs state
7.88%Median rate+1.25 pts vs state
1.45Rate spread (pts)+1.20 pts vs state
$128kMedian applicant income
15Loans originated
4Denied

Trend in Maryland

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231278.3%6.25%#463
202424104.2%7.69%#388
2025281514.3%7.88%#378

What Cake Mortgage lends in Maryland

By loan purpose

Home purchase 20 71% · 15.0% denied
Refinance 3 11% · 33.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 5 18% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 25 89% · 8.0% denied
FHA 2 7% · 50.0% denied
VA 1 4% · 100.0% denied

Why it denied Maryland applicants

Other 3 75%
Incomplete application 1 25%

Where in Maryland

Counties with the most Cake Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Prince George's County 1362 15.4%
Montgomery County 851 12.5%
Howard County 321 33.3%
Baltimore city 210 0.0%
Anne Arundel County 110 0.0%
Baltimore County 100 0.0%

Other large lenders in Maryland

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 12,80616.8%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 11,43623.0%8.00%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 9,30716.0%6.13%
Truist BankC 6,55934.9%6.49%
Bank of AmericaF 6,05135.8%6.24%
NewrezD 5,73921.0%6.63%
State Employees Credit Union of MarylandD 5,62444.6%6.25%
PNC BankD 5,58228.0%7.41%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 5,49732.0%5.99%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 5,41112.4%6.49%

Frequently asked questions

Maryland: 28 applications in 2025, of which 15 were originated and 4 denied.

14.3% of all applications, or 21.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Maryland statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Cake Mortgage originated in Maryland in 2025 was 7.88%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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