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Consumer Real Estate Finance review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Consumer Real Estate Finance earns an F, in the bottom tier of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 32.9% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 7th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.83 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 7th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

2.6kApplications2025
59.3%Originatedof applications
32.9%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.88%Median ratenational 6.63%
$322MLoan volume32 states

Consumer Real Estate Finance at a glance, 2025

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

29.0%Denial rate (all applications)+11.05 pts vs national
32.9%Denial rate (decided applications)+10.27 pts vs national
59.3%Origination rate+1.24 pts vs national
11.6%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
6.88%Median interest rate+0.25 pts vs national
0.83Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.58 pts vs national
$165,000Median loan amount
$6,526Median total loan costs
$68kMedian applicant income
97%Median loan-to-value
2High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the F grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

7th32.9% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

7th0.83 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

75th11.7%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

9th3.96% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20232,20094820.3%32.0%6.75%$184M
20242,14493125.8%37.3%7.00%$179M
20252,6421,56629.0%32.9%6.88%$322M

What Consumer Real Estate Finance 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 1,927 73% · 29.2% denied
Refinance 60 2% · 36.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 2 0% · 50.0% denied
Other / HELOC 653 25% · 27.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 943 36% · 22.1% denied
FHA 980 37% · 31.4% denied
VA 50 2% · 30.0% denied
USDA / RHS 669 25% · 35.3% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 134 manufactured homes, 111 investment properties.

Why Consumer Real Estate Finance denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 767 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Incomplete application 192 25%
Other 171 22%
Collateral 150 20%
Debt-to-income ratio 107 14%
Credit history 57 7%
Insufficient cash 36 5%
Employment history 29 4%
Unverifiable information 18 2%
Mortgage insurance denied 7 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Consumer Real Estate Finance

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k63332741.1%
$50k – $100k1,35481631.8%
$100k – $150k36922431.3%
$150k – $250k16311721.0%
Over $250k674918.3%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2539723532.1%
25–3479949230.4%
35–4459335432.8%
45–5447126835.9%
55–6424714632.7%
65–74995734.5%
Over 74351453.3%

Where Consumer Real Estate Finance lends

32 states and 954 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Illinois47131322.5%6.88%#136
Ohio24714828.7%6.81%#211
Wisconsin24418816.8%6.75%#133
Florida17110728.7%6.88%#397
Pennsylvania1256635.2%7.13%#351
Michigan1196629.4%7.00%#250
Indiana1125333.0%6.88%#255
Texas1066522.6%7.00%#542
Kentucky1024842.2%6.88%#208
Missouri985927.6%7.13%#265
Alabama764332.9%6.88%#259
Mississippi723441.7%7.00%#148
South Carolina633533.3%6.99%#312
Louisiana623038.7%6.93%#231
West Virginia603933.3%6.99%#125
Minnesota594518.6%6.99%#270
Tennessee582743.1%6.99%#390
Iowa553134.6%6.99%#211
Oklahoma552741.8%7.00%#244
Arkansas543325.9%6.88%#205
North Carolina532443.4%6.99%#391
Georgia522628.9%6.75%#431
Virginia452231.1%6.99%#387
Kansas402027.5%6.93%#245
Maine16825.0%6.81%#185
Maryland10430.0%7.06%#473
Connecticut5140.0%7.63%#441

Frequently asked questions

Consumer Real Estate Finance denied 32.9% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 7th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Consumer Real Estate Finance gave in 2025 was "incomplete application", cited on 25.0% 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 Consumer Real Estate Finance originated in 2025 was 6.88%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.83 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 73% of its applications were for home purchases, 2% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 25% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 36% conventional, 37% 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 Consumer Real Estate Finance. Data sources · Methodology