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

Commerce Home Mortgage earns a C, in line with the typical performance of large mortgage lenders. It turned down 14.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 56th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.96 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 11th percentile on pricing. Compared against 101 large mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

15kApplications2025
59.3%Originatedof applications
14.4%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
7.25%Median ratenational 6.63%
$4.8BLoan volume48 states

Commerce Home Mortgage at a glance, 2025

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

10.0%Denial rate (all applications)-7.97 pts vs national
14.4%Denial rate (decided applications)-8.21 pts vs national
59.3%Origination rate+1.22 pts vs national
29.2%Withdrawn by applicant
1.1%Closed for incompleteness
7.25%Median interest rate+0.63 pts vs national
0.96Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.71 pts vs national
$365,000Median loan amount
$13,743Median total loan costs
$188kMedian applicant income
75%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the C grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 101 large mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

56th14.4% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

11th0.96 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

21st30.4%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

15th3.77% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202313,4887,28411.5%17.3%7.99%$3.4B
20249,6445,4078.9%13.7%7.25%$2.9B
202514,8588,80410.0%14.4%7.25%$4.8B

What Commerce Home 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 9,151 62% · 6.6% denied
Refinance 1,568 11% · 14.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 4,080 27% · 16.2% denied
Home improvement 59 0% · 8.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 13,473 91% · 10.6% denied
FHA 1,060 7% · 5.2% denied
VA 312 2% · 3.5% denied
USDA / RHS 13 0% · 7.7% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 80 manufactured homes, 4,609 investment properties.

Why Commerce Home Mortgage denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 1,488 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Collateral 405 27%
Credit history 317 21%
Incomplete application 219 15%
Other 204 14%
Unverifiable information 162 11%
Debt-to-income ratio 100 7%
Insufficient cash 77 5%
Employment history 4 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Commerce Home Mortgage

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k23311728.9%
$50k – $100k1,51392213.8%
$100k – $150k1,38486413.7%
$150k – $250k1,49392611.8%
Over $250k3,0281,88512.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2539724513.0%
25–342,3501,46612.3%
35–443,8682,37013.1%
45–543,6062,14714.7%
55–642,8311,60516.2%
65–741,32771517.0%
Over 7445023018.8%

Where Commerce Home Mortgage lends

48 states and 1,013 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
California4,4912,7527.4%7.13%#45
Florida2,3081,31311.9%7.50%#86
Texas2,0571,2308.9%6.88%#94
New Jersey7154389.4%7.63%#92
Colorado4032446.7%7.00%#120
Arizona37121015.4%7.63%#139
Michigan37019516.5%8.63%#153
North Carolina31019511.0%7.75%#191
Tennessee30917210.7%7.25%#159
Virginia30519310.2%7.25%#159
Georgia29915715.7%7.50%#202
Maryland22913217.9%7.00%#146
Oregon2221429.9%7.13%#112
New Mexico1941187.2%6.75%#79
South Carolina19410511.3%7.75%#187
Ohio18010911.7%7.25%#253
Illinois1728516.3%7.88%#267
Pennsylvania1578712.1%7.25%#312
Hawaii142877.8%7.38%#42
Washington142837.8%6.99%#217
Idaho1256314.4%7.50%#112
Nevada115727.0%7.06%#137
Utah1075423.4%7.63%#131
Oklahoma106678.5%7.25%#177
Alabama101648.9%7.25%#231
Connecticut85489.4%7.38%#181
Minnesota784111.5%8.50%#234
Louisiana74518.1%7.13%#208
Arkansas61448.2%7.06%#191
Wisconsin563117.9%7.50%#322
Kentucky472714.9%7.13%#275
Indiana432611.6%7.44%#367
Mississippi36242.8%7.06%#190
Montana301323.3%8.25%#121
New Hampshire281810.7%8.75%#168
Kansas271718.5%7.88%#282
Rhode Island241512.5%7.38%#137
Delaware23138.7%7.38%#174
West Virginia20135.0%6.99%#198
Nebraska191210.5%7.25%#212
District of Columbia18105.6%6.87%#133
Alaska15420.0%7.56%#91
Iowa1566.7%8.19%#323
Maine15720.0%6.88%#186
Wyoming10810.0%7.31%#142
South Dakota870.0%6.99%#150

Frequently asked questions

Commerce Home Mortgage denied 14.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 56th percentile of large mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Commerce Home Mortgage gave in 2025 was "collateral", cited on 27.2% 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 Commerce Home Mortgage originated in 2025 was 7.25%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.96 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 62% of its applications were for home purchases, 38% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 91% conventional, 7% FHA, 2% 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 Commerce Home Mortgage. Data sources · Methodology