Cornerstone First Mortgage · Virginia · 2025

Cornerstone First Mortgage in Virginia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Cornerstone First Mortgage took 187 mortgage applications in Virginia in 2025, ranking #211 of 1,013 lenders active in the state. It originated 56.2% of them and denied 7.0% (11.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.9%.

187Applicationsin VA
11.0%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.63%
$365,000Median loanstate $255,000
$45MVolume60 counties

Cornerstone First Mortgage in Virginia vs the state

7.0%Denial rate-8.99 pts vs state
11.0%Decision denial rate-9.23 pts vs state
56.2%Origination rate-3.37 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.50Rate spread (pts)+0.28 pts vs state
$135kMedian applicant income
105Loans originated
13Denied

Trend in Virginia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202354540.0%6.99%#349
2024142740.0%6.88%#234
20251871057.0%6.75%#211

What Cornerstone First Mortgage lends in Virginia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 121 65% · 4.1% denied
Refinance 43 23% · 14.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 23 12% · 8.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 98 52% · 8.2% denied
FHA 38 20% · 2.6% denied
VA 49 26% · 8.2% denied
USDA / RHS 2 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Virginia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 4 31%
Other 3 23%
Credit history 3 23%
Collateral 2 15%
Unverifiable information 1 8%

Where in Virginia

Counties with the most Cornerstone First Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Fairfax County 1692 12.5%
Prince William County 13101 7.7%
Newport News city 12101 8.3%
Henrico County 1251 8.3%
Spotsylvania County 1070 0.0%
Stafford County 940 0.0%
Rockingham County 920 0.0%
Hampton city 960 0.0%
Norfolk city 851 12.5%
Loudoun County 522 40.0%

Other large lenders in Virginia

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,39519.3%7.75%
Rocket MortgageC 19,27414.8%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 13,99410.4%6.12%
Truist BankC 11,83831.6%6.49%
Mortgage Research CenterC 9,00016.7%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 8,33410.7%6.38%
Freedom MortgageB 8,0296.5%6.25%
Bank of AmericaF 6,58431.9%6.24%
NewrezD 6,39016.4%6.38%
Movement MortgageA 6,1264.3%6.56%

Frequently asked questions

Virginia: 187 applications in 2025, of which 105 were originated and 13 denied.

7.0% of all applications, or 11.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Virginia statewide average across all lenders was 15.9%.

The median rate on loans Cornerstone First Mortgage originated in Virginia in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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