Champions Funding · Hawaii · 2025

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

Champions Funding took 134 mortgage applications in Hawaii in 2025, ranking #46 of 321 lenders active in the state. It originated 44.8% of them and denied 31.3% (40.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.8%.

134Applicationsin HI
40.8%Decision denial ratestate 27.3%
7.69%Median ratestate 6.15%
$535,000Median loanstate $405,000
$40MVolume4 counties

Champions Funding in Hawaii vs the state

31.3%Denial rate+9.51 pts vs state
40.8%Decision denial rate+13.47 pts vs state
44.8%Origination rate-10.59 pts vs state
7.69%Median rate+1.54 pts vs state
2.34Rate spread (pts)+2.59 pts vs state
$428kMedian applicant income
60Loans originated
42Denied

Trend in Hawaii

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023271251.9%8.50%#94
2024482629.2%9.13%#83
20251346031.3%7.69%#46

What Champions Funding lends in Hawaii

By loan purpose

Home purchase 58 43% · 22.4% denied
Refinance 17 13% · 41.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 59 44% · 37.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 134 100% · 31.3% denied

Why it denied Hawaii applicants

Collateral 11 26%
Other 10 24%
Incomplete application 10 24%
Credit history 8 19%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 5%
Unverifiable information 1 2%

Where in Hawaii

Counties with the most Champions Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Honolulu County 693223 33.3%
Maui County 28912 42.9%
Hawaii County 25153 12.0%
Kauai County 1244 33.3%

Other large lenders in Hawaii

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Bank of HawaiiC 3,67927.8%6.00%
First Hawaiian BankB 2,74019.4%5.87%
American Savings BankC 2,47934.5%5.65%
Hawaiiusa Federal Credit UnionC 1,83338.1%5.65%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 1,71011.1%6.13%
Rocket MortgageC 1,63722.4%6.63%
Central Pacific BankC 1,51933.6%6.13%
Hawaii State Federal Credit UnionC 1,41830.0%5.90%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 98530.2%8.10%
Freedom MortgageB 92410.8%5.75%

Frequently asked questions

Hawaii: 134 applications in 2025, of which 60 were originated and 42 denied.

31.3% of all applications, or 40.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Hawaii statewide average across all lenders was 21.8%.

The median rate on loans Champions Funding originated in Hawaii in 2025 was 7.69%, against a statewide median of 6.15%.

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