Champions Funding · Florida · 2025

Champions Funding in Florida: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Champions Funding took 3,754 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #57 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 60.3% of them and denied 19.2% (24.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

3.8kApplicationsin FL
24.1%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
7.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$305,000Median loanstate $255,000
$918MVolume52 counties

Champions Funding in Florida vs the state

19.2%Denial rate-1.83 pts vs state
24.1%Decision denial rate-3.12 pts vs state
60.3%Origination rate+7.57 pts vs state
7.63%Median rate+1.00 pts vs state
2.23Rate spread (pts)+1.96 pts vs state
$236kMedian applicant income
2,262Loans originated
722Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202366228754.5%9.50%#197
20241,25472516.6%8.75%#123
20253,7542,26219.2%7.63%#57

What Champions Funding lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,891 50% · 15.9% denied
Refinance 434 12% · 24.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 1,429 38% · 21.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 3,754 100% · 19.2% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Incomplete application 365 51%
Other 205 28%
Collateral 66 9%
Credit history 45 6%
Insufficient cash 22 3%
Debt-to-income ratio 16 2%
Unverifiable information 3 0%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Champions Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Miami-Dade County 632376137 21.7%
Broward County 39022184 21.5%
Palm Beach County 31516978 24.8%
Lee County 20413733 16.2%
Hillsborough County 19211740 20.8%
Orange County 18711625 13.4%
Pinellas County 1659035 21.2%
Polk County 1579930 19.1%
Osceola County 1529134 22.4%
Sarasota County 1167719 16.4%

Other large lenders in Florida

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 71,40515.3%6.44%
Rocket MortgageC 46,61121.0%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 23,63437.7%6.24%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 19,51614.1%6.50%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,45223.2%7.59%
Crosscountry MortgageB 19,1035.2%6.75%
NewrezD 17,51922.4%6.75%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 16,66114.5%4.88%
Lennar MortgageA 14,98421.0%4.75%
Truist BankC 14,14041.5%6.60%

Frequently asked questions

Florida: 3,754 applications in 2025, of which 2,262 were originated and 722 denied.

19.2% of all applications, or 24.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Champions Funding originated in Florida in 2025 was 7.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Champions Funding's own HMDA filing for properties located in Florida, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology