Community Choice · Florida · 2025

Community Choice in Florida: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Community Choice took 28 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #701 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 57.1% of them and denied 21.4% (27.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

28Applicationsin FL
27.3%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
8.13%Median ratestate 6.63%
$105,000Median loanstate $255,000
$2.9MVolume19 counties

Community Choice in Florida vs the state

21.4%Denial rate+0.37 pts vs state
27.3%Decision denial rate+0.03 pts vs state
57.1%Origination rate+4.45 pts vs state
8.13%Median rate+1.50 pts vs state
1.45Rate spread (pts)+1.18 pts vs state
$143kMedian applicant income
16Loans originated
6Denied

What Community Choice lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Refinance 2 7% · 50.0% denied
Home improvement 21 75% · 19.1% denied
Other / HELOC 5 18% · 20.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 28 100% · 21.4% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Other 4 67%
Collateral 1 17%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 17%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Community Choice applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Palm Beach County 321 33.3%
Pinellas County 311 33.3%
Lee County 310 0.0%
Sarasota County 210 0.0%
Seminole County 211 50.0%
Pasco County 220 0.0%
Clay County 101 100.0%
Miami-Dade County 110 0.0%
Orange County 110 0.0%
Okaloosa County 100 0.0%

Other large lenders in Florida

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 71,40515.3%6.44%
Rocket MortgageC 46,61121.0%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 23,63437.7%6.24%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 19,51614.1%6.50%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,45223.2%7.59%
Crosscountry MortgageB 19,1035.2%6.75%
NewrezD 17,51922.4%6.75%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 16,66114.5%4.88%
Lennar MortgageA 14,98421.0%4.75%
Truist BankC 14,14041.5%6.60%

Frequently asked questions

Florida: 28 applications in 2025, of which 16 were originated and 6 denied.

21.4% of all applications, or 27.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Community Choice originated in Florida in 2025 was 8.13%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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