Mortgage lender · Tallahassee, FL · LEI 2549004EXIAAMK5CLH54

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

Capital City Bank earns a B, better than most home-equity (HELOC) lenders. It turned down 32.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 28th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.25 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 71st percentile on pricing. Compared against 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

765Applications2025
60.4%Originatedof applications
32.0%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.99%Median ratenational 6.63%
$77MLoan volume4 states

Capital City Bank at a glance, 2025

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

31.2%Denial rate (all applications)+13.26 pts vs national
32.0%Denial rate (decided applications)+9.40 pts vs national
60.4%Origination rate+2.36 pts vs national
2.4%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
6.99%Median interest rate+0.37 pts vs national
-0.25Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.50 pts vs national
$105,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$101kMedian applicant income
63%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

28th32.0% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

71st-0.25 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

95th2.4%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202371147527.6%27.7%5.99%$71M
202475246830.7%31.2%6.99%$80M
202576546231.2%32.0%6.99%$77M

What Capital City 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 47 6% · 12.8% denied
Refinance 111 15% · 34.2% denied
Home improvement 387 51% · 27.9% denied
Other / HELOC 220 29% · 39.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 765 100% · 31.2% denied

Also: 724 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 110 manufactured homes, 65 investment properties.

Why Capital City Bank denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 239 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 126 53%
Collateral 36 15%
Credit history 29 12%
Other 25 10%
Unverifiable information 21 9%
Incomplete application 1 0%
Employment history 1 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Capital City Bank

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1214058.5%
$50k – $100k22711739.8%
$100k – $150k1148023.4%
$150k – $250k1178520.0%
Over $250k1279716.9%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–34512835.3%
35–441388033.1%
45–541378532.9%
55–6416610529.1%
65–741497341.8%
Over 74764930.3%

Where Capital City Bank lends

4 states and 81 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Florida54932732.1%6.99%#231
Georgia19411930.4%6.99%#253
Alabama201420.0%6.99%#394

Frequently asked questions

Capital City Bank denied 32.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 28th percentile of home-equity (HELOC) lenders.

The most common reason Capital City Bank gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 52.7% 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 City Bank originated in 2025 was 6.99%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.25 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 6% of its applications were for home purchases, 15% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 79% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% FHA, 0% 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 City Bank. Data sources · Methodology