Commerce Home Mortgage · California · 2025

Commerce Home Mortgage in California: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Commerce Home Mortgage took 4,491 mortgage applications in California in 2025, ranking #45 of 1,147 lenders active in the state. It originated 61.3% of them and denied 7.4% (10.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.4%.

4.5kApplicationsin CA
10.7%Decision denial ratestate 22.4%
7.13%Median ratestate 6.63%
$555,000Median loanstate $385,000
$2.2BVolume52 counties

Commerce Home Mortgage in California vs the state

7.4%Denial rate-10.01 pts vs state
10.7%Decision denial rate-11.68 pts vs state
61.3%Origination rate+5.08 pts vs state
7.13%Median rate+0.50 pts vs state
0.75Rate spread (pts)+0.48 pts vs state
$238kMedian applicant income
2,752Loans originated
333Denied

Trend in California

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20235,2322,9828.7%7.38%#31
20243,8892,2857.5%7.13%#46
20254,4912,7527.4%7.13%#45

What Commerce Home Mortgage lends in California

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,501 56% · 3.8% denied
Refinance 581 13% · 9.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 1,374 31% · 13.2% denied
Home improvement 35 1% · 11.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 4,075 91% · 7.7% denied
FHA 355 8% · 4.8% denied
VA 50 1% · 6.0% denied
USDA / RHS 11 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied California applicants

Credit history 76 23%
Collateral 72 22%
Incomplete application 54 16%
Debt-to-income ratio 46 14%
Other 42 13%
Unverifiable information 34 10%
Insufficient cash 9 3%

Where in California

Counties with the most Commerce Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Los Angeles County 1,009600104 10.3%
Tulare County 40429411 2.7%
San Diego County 33720023 6.8%
Orange County 31019028 9.0%
Riverside County 30116935 11.6%
Contra Costa County 2731709 3.3%
San Bernardino County 18610520 10.8%
Santa Clara County 17810414 7.9%
Alameda County 148839 6.1%
Butte County 117793 2.6%

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: 4,491 applications in 2025, of which 2,752 were originated and 333 denied.

7.4% of all applications, or 10.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The California statewide average across all lenders was 17.4%.

The median rate on loans Commerce Home Mortgage originated in California in 2025 was 7.13%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Commerce Home Mortgage'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