Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership · California · 2025

Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership in California: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership took 368 mortgage applications in California in 2025, ranking #295 of 1,147 lenders active in the state. It originated 63.0% of them and denied 11.7% (12.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.4%.

368Applicationsin CA
12.7%Decision denial ratestate 22.4%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$430,000Median loanstate $385,000
$115MVolume42 counties

Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership in California vs the state

11.7%Denial rate-5.74 pts vs state
12.7%Decision denial rate-9.68 pts vs state
63.0%Origination rate+6.84 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.35Rate spread (pts)+0.08 pts vs state
$146kMedian applicant income
232Loans originated
43Denied

Trend in California

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,4949639.7%6.38%#102
202450934912.4%6.75%#242
202536823211.7%6.50%#295

What Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership lends in California

By loan purpose

Home purchase 178 48% · 5.1% denied
Refinance 70 19% · 14.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 74 20% · 25.7% denied
Home improvement 16 4% · 6.3% denied
Other / HELOC 30 8% · 13.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 271 74% · 10.7% denied
FHA 76 21% · 9.2% denied
VA 21 6% · 33.3% denied

Why it denied California applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 15 35%
Incomplete application 8 19%
Unverifiable information 8 19%
Credit history 6 14%
Other 3 7%
Insufficient cash 2 5%
Collateral 1 2%

Where in California

Counties with the most Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
San Diego County 116954 3.4%
Los Angeles County 552611 20.0%
Riverside County 30212 6.7%
San Bernardino County 2391 4.3%
Orange County 1693 18.8%
Sacramento County 1334 30.8%
Fresno County 1262 16.7%
San Joaquin County 980 0.0%
Placer County 742 28.6%
Contra Costa County 721 14.3%

Other large lenders in California

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 79,26112.6%6.49%
Rocket MortgageC 58,92517.6%6.75%
Bank of AmericaF 40,19030.8%5.99%
U.S. BankD 32,49331.6%6.50%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 22,0489.7%6.13%
Spring EqD 21,60150.8%8.88%
SchoolsfirstA 19,08610.0%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 18,75413.5%6.50%
NewrezD 17,00019.3%6.63%
Loandepot.ComD 16,64518.7%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

California: 368 applications in 2025, of which 232 were originated and 43 denied.

11.7% of all applications, or 12.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The California statewide average across all lenders was 17.4%.

The median rate on loans Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership originated in California in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership's own HMDA filing for properties located in California, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology