Citizens Business Bank · California · 2025

Citizens Business Bank in California: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Citizens Business Bank took 115 mortgage applications in California in 2025, ranking #419 of 1,147 lenders active in the state. It originated 63.5% of them and denied 3.5% (5.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.4%.

115Applicationsin CA
5.0%Decision denial ratestate 22.4%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$1,105,000Median loanstate $385,000
$180MVolume22 counties

Citizens Business Bank in California vs the state

3.5%Denial rate-13.94 pts vs state
5.0%Decision denial rate-17.40 pts vs state
63.5%Origination rate+7.28 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$596kMedian applicant income
73Loans originated
4Denied

Trend in California

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231015513.9%#438
2024683410.3%#494
2025115733.5%#419

What Citizens Business Bank lends in California

By loan purpose

Home purchase 66 57% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 42 37% · 7.1% denied
Home improvement 5 4% · 20.0% denied
Other / HELOC 2 2% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 115 100% · 3.5% denied

Why it denied California applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 4 100%

Where in California

Counties with the most Citizens Business Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Los Angeles County 40261 2.5%
Fresno County 1290 0.0%
Orange County 1170 0.0%
San Luis Obispo County 630 0.0%
San Bernardino County 630 0.0%
Kern County 531 20.0%
San Diego County 550 0.0%
San Joaquin County 420 0.0%
Stanislaus County 412 50.0%
Ventura County 420 0.0%

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: 115 applications in 2025, of which 73 were originated and 4 denied.

3.5% of all applications, or 5.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The California statewide average across all lenders was 17.4%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Citizens Business Bank'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