Community Choice · Michigan · 2025

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

Community Choice took 1,525 mortgage applications in Michigan in 2025, ranking #56 of 973 lenders active in the state. It originated 51.5% of them and denied 28.8% (35.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.5%.

1.5kApplicationsin MI
35.8%Decision denial ratestate 22.6%
7.99%Median ratestate 6.75%
$55,000Median loanstate $155,000
$55MVolume47 counties

Community Choice in Michigan vs the state

28.8%Denial rate+10.27 pts vs state
35.8%Decision denial rate+13.26 pts vs state
51.5%Origination rate-8.35 pts vs state
7.99%Median rate+1.24 pts vs state
1.54Rate spread (pts)+1.14 pts vs state
$78kMedian applicant income
786Loans originated
439Denied

Trend in Michigan

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,27689316.5%7.50%#55
20241,59080428.7%8.50%#48
20251,52578628.8%7.99%#56

What Community Choice lends in Michigan

By loan purpose

Refinance 188 12% · 24.5% denied
Home improvement 604 40% · 28.6% denied
Other / HELOC 733 48% · 30.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,525 100% · 28.8% denied

Why it denied Michigan applicants

Other 324 74%
Debt-to-income ratio 76 17%
Credit history 31 7%
Collateral 7 2%
Unverifiable information 1 0%

Where in Michigan

Counties with the most Community Choice applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Wayne County 571270192 33.6%
Oakland County 28616164 22.4%
Macomb County 19510750 25.6%
Jackson County 1156332 27.8%
Muskegon County 643914 21.9%
Hillsdale County 573312 21.1%
Livingston County 43267 16.3%
Ottawa County 23137 30.4%
Genesee County 22108 36.4%
Allegan County 21125 23.8%

Other large lenders in Michigan

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 30,64416.3%6.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 29,33011.7%6.60%
The Huntington National BankD 20,04730.0%7.49%
Lake Michigan Credit UnionA 16,6625.6%6.75%
Fifth Third BankD 11,17626.4%7.50%
21st MortgageF 7,42453.4%11.04%
Citizens BankC 6,59229.0%7.65%
Triad Financial ServicesD 6,42656.1%8.49%
Union Home MortgageB 5,3034.3%6.75%
PNC BankD 5,16126.3%7.36%

Frequently asked questions

Michigan: 1,525 applications in 2025, of which 786 were originated and 439 denied.

28.8% of all applications, or 35.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Michigan statewide average across all lenders was 18.5%.

The median rate on loans Community Choice originated in Michigan in 2025 was 7.99%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

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