Mortgage lender · Saint Louis, MO · LEI 5493004T9SQFCNRQ2L76

Delmar Financial review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Delmar Financial earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 1.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 96th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.28 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 45th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

3.1kApplications2025
75.2%Originatedof applications
1.5%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.50%Median ratenational 6.63%
$693MLoan volume38 states

Delmar Financial at a glance, 2025

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

1.3%Denial rate (all applications)-16.67 pts vs national
1.5%Denial rate (decided applications)-21.11 pts vs national
75.2%Origination rate+17.16 pts vs national
11.8%Withdrawn by applicant
0.1%Closed for incompleteness
6.50%Median interest rate-0.13 pts vs national
0.28Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.03 pts vs national
$255,000Median loan amount
$4,656Median total loan costs
$100kMedian applicant income
90%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A 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%

96th1.5% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

45th0.28 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

74th11.9%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

70th1.83% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20232,4081,6432.7%3.3%6.88%$414M
20242,9792,1581.7%2.0%6.63%$594M
20253,1362,3581.3%1.5%6.50%$693M

What Delmar Financial 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 2,512 80% · 1.4% denied
Refinance 425 14% · 0.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 199 6% · 1.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,993 64% · 1.0% denied
FHA 738 24% · 2.3% denied
VA 359 11% · 1.1% denied
USDA / RHS 46 1% · 0.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 35 manufactured homes, 178 investment properties.

Why Delmar Financial denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 41 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Other 22 54%
Debt-to-income ratio 13 32%
Collateral 4 10%
Credit history 1 2%
Unverifiable information 1 2%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Delmar Financial

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k2822053.2%
$50k – $100k1,2379241.8%
$100k – $150k7455671.1%
$150k – $250k5754450.6%
Over $250k2401820.5%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 252611912.1%
25–341,0177811.3%
35–448836631.4%
45–544763511.5%
55–642932152.7%
65–741571220.0%
Over 7449350.0%

Where Delmar Financial lends

38 states and 413 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Missouri8746801.4%6.63%#61
Illinois8506382.1%6.63%#87
South Carolina3472551.2%6.49%#127
Tennessee1931420.5%6.50%#223
Florida1451060.0%6.43%#425
Mississippi114890.9%6.49%#117
North Carolina113830.0%6.49%#303
Virginia89710.0%6.50%#297
Nebraska84730.0%6.63%#115
Kansas80561.3%6.63%#186
Texas50282.0%6.63%#708
California22154.6%6.38%#627
Georgia19140.0%6.31%#579
Arkansas17150.0%6.50%#295
Alabama15116.7%6.38%#419
New Jersey1460.0%6.06%#497
Pennsylvania1490.0%6.13%#641
Oklahoma13100.0%6.56%#373
Colorado12110.0%6.63%#482
Michigan1280.0%6.56%#497
Louisiana1060.0%6.50%#374
Ohio850.0%6.38%#644
Indiana550.0%6.75%#642
Washington530.0%6.13%#535
Wisconsin550.0%6.75%#577

Frequently asked questions

Delmar Financial denied 1.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 96th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Delmar Financial gave in 2025 was "other", cited on 53.7% 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 Delmar Financial originated in 2025 was 6.50%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.28 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 80% of its applications were for home purchases, 20% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 64% conventional, 24% FHA, 11% 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 Delmar Financial. Data sources · Methodology