Mortgage lender · Rockville, MD · LEI 54930044OSTKOJMHF287

Capital Bank review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Capital Bank earns a B, better than most small mortgage lenders. It turned down 5.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 71st percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.22 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 56th percentile on pricing. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.1kApplications2025
72.2%Originatedof applications
5.3%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.53%Median ratenational 6.63%
$395MLoan volume38 states

Capital Bank at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

4.1%Denial rate (all applications)-13.90 pts vs national
5.3%Denial rate (decided applications)-17.27 pts vs national
72.2%Origination rate+14.13 pts vs national
21.8%Withdrawn by applicant
1.6%Closed for incompleteness
6.53%Median interest rate-0.09 pts vs national
0.22Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.03 pts vs national
$375,000Median loan amount
$6,392Median total loan costs
$128kMedian applicant income
80%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 1,883 small mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

71st5.3% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

56th0.22 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

13th23.4%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

59th1.70% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20239186083.9%5.6%6.82%$254M
20241,0807493.3%4.6%6.75%$345M
20251,1288144.1%5.3%6.53%$395M

What Capital Bank lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 929 82% · 4.6% denied
Refinance 128 11% · 1.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 50 4% · 2.0% denied
Home improvement 4 0% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 17 2% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 818 73% · 2.7% denied
FHA 218 19% · 10.1% denied
VA 87 8% · 1.2% denied
USDA / RHS 5 0% · 20.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 13 manufactured homes, 105 investment properties.

Why Capital Bank denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 46 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 12 26%
Other 8 17%
Credit history 8 17%
Collateral 7 15%
Employment history 6 13%
Insufficient cash 3 7%
Unverifiable information 2 4%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Capital Bank

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k604014.9%
$50k – $100k3051979.2%
$100k – $150k2421706.5%
$150k – $250k2551842.1%
Over $250k2011670.6%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 25362414.3%
25–342091474.5%
35–443102196.0%
45–542211536.6%
55–642021485.1%
65–7495760.0%
Over 74211313.3%

Where Capital Bank lends

38 states and 222 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Maryland2911825.2%6.63%#129
Delaware2762252.2%6.62%#44
District of Columbia1851452.2%6.75%#23
Virginia80651.3%6.50%#309
North Carolina49314.1%6.49%#402
Pennsylvania48376.3%6.50%#496
Florida281714.3%6.63%#700
South Carolina18135.6%6.25%#461
New Jersey1590.0%6.88%#491
New York1298.3%6.63%#449
Georgia11518.2%5.75%#649
Texas1169.1%5.81%#948
California1060.0%6.31%#741
Oklahoma10810.0%6.06%#406
Michigan950.0%6.99%#531
Alabama8512.5%6.13%#516
Illinois760.0%6.99%#734
Missouri750.0%6.25%#553
Arizona550.0%6.69%#630
Ohio5420.0%6.25%#707
Utah5040.0%#341

Frequently asked questions

Capital Bank denied 5.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 71st percentile of small mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Capital Bank gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 26.1% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Capital Bank originated in 2025 was 6.53%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.22 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 82% of its applications were for home purchases, 16% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 2% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 73% conventional, 19% FHA, 8% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Capital Bank. Data sources · Methodology