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

Churchill Mortgage earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 4.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 80th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.35 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 34th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

8.7kApplications2025
69.9%Originatedof applications
4.0%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$1.9BLoan volume49 states

Churchill Mortgage at a glance, 2025

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

3.2%Denial rate (all applications)-14.74 pts vs national
4.0%Denial rate (decided applications)-18.59 pts vs national
69.9%Origination rate+11.85 pts vs national
18.1%Withdrawn by applicant
0.8%Closed for incompleteness
6.63%Median interest rate0.00 pts vs national
0.35Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.09 pts vs national
$275,000Median loan amount
$6,980Median total loan costs
$100kMedian applicant income
82%Median loan-to-value
2High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

80th4.0% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

34th0.35 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

40th18.8%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

40th2.54% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20239,0496,3744.1%5.0%6.75%$1.9B
20249,9096,2594.7%5.7%6.75%$1.9B
20258,6606,0523.2%4.0%6.63%$1.9B

What Churchill Mortgage 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 6,312 73% · 1.9% denied
Refinance 1,144 13% · 4.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 1,200 14% · 8.7% denied
Home improvement 4 0% · 75.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 6,409 74% · 2.6% denied
FHA 1,626 19% · 5.9% denied
VA 561 6% · 3.2% denied
USDA / RHS 64 1% · 4.7% denied

Also: 1 home-equity lines, 1 reverse mortgages, 475 manufactured homes, 297 investment properties.

Why Churchill Mortgage denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 281 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 135 48%
Collateral 53 19%
Other 30 11%
Debt-to-income ratio 28 10%
Unverifiable information 17 6%
Incomplete application 11 4%
Employment history 5 2%
Insufficient cash 2 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Churchill Mortgage

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k7565057.6%
$50k – $100k3,5062,5044.3%
$100k – $150k2,1911,5394.0%
$150k – $250k1,5271,0402.1%
Over $250k5833892.5%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 256985283.2%
25–342,6691,9702.5%
35–442,0991,4663.9%
45–541,4569725.1%
55–641,0546926.7%
65–745173224.9%
Over 741671024.1%

Where Churchill Mortgage lends

49 states and 1,476 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas9306093.7%6.63%#175
Tennessee9166271.9%6.63%#70
Nebraska6345132.4%6.50%#23
Michigan5814541.0%6.63%#116
Washington4733514.7%6.63%#107
Idaho3262344.6%6.63%#70
California3141894.1%6.75%#313
Florida3001675.7%6.63%#307
Oregon2892194.2%6.63%#91
Ohio2712181.9%6.63%#198
Maryland2621943.4%6.50%#134
Virginia2561782.0%6.50%#182
North Carolina2481782.0%6.63%#212
Montana2371781.7%6.13%#42
Wisconsin22815811.0%6.63%#142
Georgia1991213.5%6.56%#251
Indiana1981422.5%6.50%#204
Kentucky1821282.2%6.25%#154
Missouri155865.8%6.63%#218
Pennsylvania1471012.7%6.50%#326
South Carolina1471040.7%6.63%#212
Arizona127743.9%6.50%#217
Alabama123792.4%6.75%#202
Oklahoma110763.6%6.56%#175
Illinois92634.4%6.63%#358
Massachusetts90592.2%6.50%#259
Iowa85591.2%6.63%#161
Colorado83541.2%6.63%#246
Kansas78527.7%6.75%#187
Connecticut55253.6%6.13%#213
Alaska54391.9%6.63%#61
Arkansas53333.8%6.50%#206
New Jersey51363.9%6.50%#353
Mississippi50340.0%6.81%#170
Minnesota49364.1%6.50%#295
New Mexico40255.0%6.75%#164
Utah30156.7%6.88%#210
West Virginia29236.9%6.25%#180
Louisiana28187.1%6.44%#294
Nevada28217.1%6.50%#251
New Hampshire26200.0%6.38%#173
Rhode Island18160.0%6.75%#154
Maine17105.9%6.99%#182
Wyoming1179.1%7.25%#136
South Dakota1080.0%6.56%#134
District of Columbia870.0%6.50%#208
Delaware860.0%6.99%#257
North Dakota860.0%6.50%#135
Vermont620.0%7.18%#138

Frequently asked questions

Churchill Mortgage denied 4.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 80th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Churchill Mortgage gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 48.0% 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 Mortgage originated in 2025 was 6.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.35 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 73% of its applications were for home purchases, 27% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 74% conventional, 19% FHA, 6% 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 Mortgage. Data sources · Methodology