Mortgage lender · Charlotte, NC · LEI 2549009BJ1OZ4H7KTG46

Churchill Funding I review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Churchill Funding I earns an F, in the bottom tier of investment-property lenders. It turned down 18.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 13th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 220 investment-property lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

363Applications2025
49.3%Originatedof applications
18.6%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
9.00%Median ratenational 6.63%
$203MLoan volume29 states

Churchill Funding I at a glance, 2025

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

11.3%Denial rate (all applications)-6.69 pts vs national
18.6%Denial rate (decided applications)-3.95 pts vs national
49.3%Origination rate-8.72 pts vs national
39.4%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
9.00%Median interest rate+2.38 pts vs national
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$655,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
Median applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the F grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 220 investment-property lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

13th18.6% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

4th39.4%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20232742060.7%1.0%11.00%$232M
202462448212.2%13.6%10.50%$553M
202536317911.3%18.6%9.00%$203M

What Churchill Funding I 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 94 26% · 14.9% denied
Refinance 170 47% · 11.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 99 27% · 7.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 363 100% · 11.3% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 363 investment properties.

Why Churchill Funding I denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 41 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Unverifiable information 24 59%
Credit history 11 27%
Collateral 6 15%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Where Churchill Funding I lends

29 states and 120 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
North Carolina87673.5%7.25%#342
Texas60276.7%9.75%#671
Florida41154.9%8.50%#629
Tennessee22418.2%9.25%#517
New York20520.0%9.75%#411
South Carolina19731.6%10.00%#457
Georgia16725.0%10.63%#593
Ohio15813.3%9.88%#565
Hawaii1367.7%10.00%#158
California11427.3%9.56%#723
Massachusetts740.0%8.00%#489
Pennsylvania7414.3%8.06%#746
Alabama6316.7%9.75%#546
Colorado550.0%10.13%#612
Virginia5220.0%10.13%#641

Frequently asked questions

Churchill Funding I denied 18.6% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 13th percentile of investment-property lenders.

The most common reason Churchill Funding I gave in 2025 was "unverifiable information", cited on 58.5% 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 Churchill Funding I originated in 2025 was 9.00%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.00 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 26% of its applications were for home purchases, 74% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% 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 Churchill Funding I. Data sources · Methodology