Commerce Home Mortgage · North Carolina · 2025

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

Commerce Home Mortgage took 310 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #191 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 62.9% of them and denied 11.0% (14.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

310Applicationsin NC
14.7%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
7.75%Median ratestate 6.50%
$295,000Median loanstate $225,000
$82MVolume60 counties

Commerce Home Mortgage in North Carolina vs the state

11.0%Denial rate-7.09 pts vs state
14.7%Decision denial rate-8.10 pts vs state
62.9%Origination rate+5.09 pts vs state
7.75%Median rate+1.25 pts vs state
1.36Rate spread (pts)+1.28 pts vs state
$145kMedian applicant income
195Loans originated
34Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231839116.9%8.75%#202
2024128677.8%8.13%#272
202531019511.0%7.75%#191

What Commerce Home Mortgage lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 195 63% · 8.2% denied
Refinance 31 10% · 29.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 83 27% · 10.8% denied
Home improvement 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 298 96% · 11.1% denied
FHA 6 2% · 16.7% denied
VA 6 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Collateral 12 35%
Incomplete application 7 21%
Credit history 6 18%
Insufficient cash 4 12%
Other 3 9%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 6%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Commerce Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Mecklenburg County 42278 19.0%
Union County 31213 9.7%
Wake County 28183 10.7%
Gaston County 1494 28.6%
Cumberland County 1490 0.0%
Iredell County 1160 0.0%
Brunswick County 1071 10.0%
New Hanover County 1070 0.0%
Buncombe County 1091 10.0%
Onslow County 971 11.1%

Other large lenders in North Carolina

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
State Employees'C 47,89325.2%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 25,10916.0%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 18,88411.4%6.13%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 15,00838.0%7.75%
Truist BankC 14,36430.3%6.50%
Movement MortgageA 11,0912.6%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 10,56519.4%7.13%
First-Citizens Bank & TrustB 10,31919.6%6.38%
Bank of AmericaF 10,27628.2%6.24%
Mortgage Research CenterC 10,02917.7%6.25%

Frequently asked questions

North Carolina: 310 applications in 2025, of which 195 were originated and 34 denied.

11.0% of all applications, or 14.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Commerce Home Mortgage originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 7.75%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Commerce Home Mortgage's own HMDA filing for properties located in North Carolina, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology