Mortgage lender · Glen Allen, VA · LEI 213800KVD76WKI6PN868

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

Capital Center earns a C, in line with the typical performance of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 16.9% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 30th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.01 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 81st percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

3.2kApplications2025
63.1%Originatedof applications
16.9%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.38%Median ratenational 6.63%
$718MLoan volume10 states

Capital Center at a glance, 2025

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

12.8%Denial rate (all applications)-5.15 pts vs national
16.9%Denial rate (decided applications)-5.69 pts vs national
63.1%Origination rate+5.02 pts vs national
23.6%Withdrawn by applicant
0.5%Closed for incompleteness
6.38%Median interest rate-0.25 pts vs national
-0.01Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.27 pts vs national
$315,000Median loan amount
$3,250Median total loan costs
$137kMedian applicant income
75%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the C grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

30th16.9% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

81st-0.01 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

22nd24.1%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

91st1.03% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,72599012.9%18.4%6.75%$326M
20242,1241,29712.5%17.0%6.63%$457M
20253,2182,02912.8%16.9%6.38%$718M

What Capital Center 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 1,279 40% · 5.5% denied
Refinance 1,146 36% · 10.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 608 19% · 26.3% denied
Home improvement 49 2% · 22.5% denied
Other / HELOC 136 4% · 40.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,788 87% · 11.9% denied
FHA 271 8% · 24.0% denied
VA 159 5% · 9.4% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 16 manufactured homes, 380 investment properties.

Why Capital Center denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 413 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 123 30%
Credit history 88 21%
Collateral 67 16%
Other 56 14%
Incomplete application 38 9%
Insufficient cash 23 6%
Employment history 14 3%
Unverifiable information 4 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Capital Center

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1465454.6%
$50k – $100k75044521.6%
$100k – $150k87455916.2%
$150k – $250k98867610.6%
Over $250k41926811.6%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 25845416.9%
25–3478553210.4%
35–4498060416.7%
45–5463439721.1%
55–6445128119.7%
65–7423013518.7%
Over 74542633.3%

Where Capital Center lends

10 states and 277 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Virginia2,5461,64512.0%6.38%#33
North Carolina35321515.3%6.38%#173
South Carolina813921.0%6.38%#280
Florida734311.0%6.13%#539
Maryland663715.2%6.13%#286
Georgia522615.4%6.38%#434
Ohio20825.0%6.75%#530
Pennsylvania151020.0%6.00%#633
District of Columbia11618.2%6.38%#175

Frequently asked questions

Capital Center denied 16.9% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 30th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Capital Center gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 29.8% 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 Center originated in 2025 was 6.38%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.01 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 40% of its applications were for home purchases, 55% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 6% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 87% conventional, 8% FHA, 5% 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 Center. Data sources · Methodology