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Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership earns a B, better than most large mortgage lenders. It turned down 10.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 66th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.55 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 22nd percentile on pricing. Compared against 101 large mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

18kApplications2025
70.9%Originatedof applications
10.8%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$3.4BLoan volume52 states

Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership at a glance, 2025

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

10.2%Denial rate (all applications)-7.83 pts vs national
10.8%Denial rate (decided applications)-11.78 pts vs national
70.9%Origination rate+12.83 pts vs national
4.4%Withdrawn by applicant
1.7%Closed for incompleteness
6.63%Median interest rate0.00 pts vs national
0.55Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.29 pts vs national
$245,000Median loan amount
$9,418Median total loan costs
$94kMedian applicant income
95%Median loan-to-value
2High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 101 large mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

66th10.8% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

22nd0.55 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

94th6.1%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

12th3.84% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202338,44227,1759.1%10.0%6.63%$7.9B
202421,45815,3279.4%10.1%6.75%$4.6B
202517,86312,65710.2%10.8%6.63%$3.4B

What Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership 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 13,056 73% · 8.6% denied
Refinance 1,626 9% · 12.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 2,077 12% · 14.9% denied
Home improvement 220 1% · 9.6% denied
Other / HELOC 884 5% · 18.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 9,404 53% · 9.2% denied
FHA 7,136 40% · 11.2% denied
VA 1,195 7% · 10.5% denied
USDA / RHS 128 1% · 21.9% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 2,369 manufactured homes, 841 investment properties.

Why Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 1,813 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 640 35%
Incomplete application 380 21%
Credit history 238 13%
Collateral 194 11%
Other 129 7%
Unverifiable information 126 7%
Employment history 66 4%
Insufficient cash 40 2%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1,8431,06420.6%
$50k – $100k7,6785,60010.1%
$100k – $150k4,3053,1389.0%
$150k – $250k2,6621,9498.1%
Over $250k1,0717509.8%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 251,2871,0158.3%
25–344,7343,6248.7%
35–444,5063,20410.7%
45–543,2642,25211.6%
55–642,3551,53413.5%
65–741,28277613.9%
Over 7443525215.0%

Where Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership lends

52 states and 1,802 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas3,0572,2169.2%6.63%#60
Florida1,8561,23211.5%6.25%#97
Tennessee9707158.3%6.75%#69
Indiana9437944.2%6.99%#74
North Carolina76348012.7%6.50%#104
Georgia72546115.9%6.63%#116
Pennsylvania6284509.2%6.63%#134
Wisconsin61949810.3%6.75%#76
Virginia54636111.9%6.75%#108
New York54337811.6%6.75%#127
Minnesota5414484.1%6.75%#78
Mississippi4853636.6%6.25%#38
South Carolina48531810.7%6.63%#100
Nevada4763508.2%6.75%#57
Arizona3992859.0%6.75%#131
California36823211.7%6.50%#295
New Jersey36625812.0%6.75%#142
Louisiana36025611.7%6.50%#76
Missouri3492529.5%6.63%#123
Iowa3462876.7%7.25%#64
Alabama33321312.0%6.25%#109
Ohio29717815.5%6.75%#193
Michigan2822178.5%6.99%#179
Maryland27916713.6%6.50%#131
Illinois27519010.6%6.63%#206
Washington2181548.7%6.50%#183
Massachusetts16711313.2%6.63%#185
Oklahoma1549811.7%6.38%#147
Colorado14810014.9%6.25%#202
Kentucky1207712.5%6.50%#190
Arkansas794812.7%6.56%#171
Oregon775314.3%6.38%#185
New Mexico684114.7%6.50%#125
Connecticut614116.4%6.75%#207
Kansas573710.5%6.75%#215
Nebraska52501.9%6.87%#141
Utah503414.0%6.44%#171
Delaware46306.5%6.38%#125
Idaho442918.2%6.63%#173
South Dakota41319.8%7.13%#82
Hawaii31206.5%6.19%#111
North Dakota22179.1%6.99%#103
District of Columbia211423.8%6.75%#117
Maine211028.6%6.25%#174
West Virginia201225.0%6.25%#195
New Hampshire191315.8%6.13%#198
Rhode Island17125.9%6.44%#157
Montana16110.0%6.99%#151
Alaska9522.2%7.13%#108
Vermont9622.2%8.19%#111

Frequently asked questions

Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership denied 10.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 66th percentile of large mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 35.3% 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 Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership originated in 2025 was 6.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.55 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 73% of its applications were for home purchases, 21% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 6% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 53% conventional, 40% FHA, 7% 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 Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership. Data sources · Methodology