Digital · North Carolina · 2025

Digital in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Digital took 196 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #234 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 25.0% of them and denied 11.2% (29.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

196Applicationsin NC
29.3%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
6.00%Median ratestate 6.50%
$405,000Median loanstate $225,000
$17MVolume24 counties

Digital in North Carolina vs the state

11.2%Denial rate-6.84 pts vs state
29.3%Decision denial rate+6.51 pts vs state
25.0%Origination rate-32.81 pts vs state
6.00%Median rate-0.50 pts vs state
0.14Rate spread (pts)+0.05 pts vs state
$160kMedian applicant income
49Loans originated
22Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20239262448.8%5.38%#83
20243918013.6%7.37%#147
20251964911.2%6.00%#234

What Digital lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 100 51% · 9.0% denied
Refinance 51 26% · 9.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 11 6% · 27.3% denied
Home improvement 13 7% · 15.4% denied
Other / HELOC 21 11% · 14.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 196 100% · 11.2% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 14 64%
Collateral 4 18%
Credit history 3 14%
Other 1 5%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Digital applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Wake County 89239 10.1%
Mecklenburg County 2894 14.3%
Cabarrus County 2552 8.0%
Union County 1640 0.0%
Guilford County 700 0.0%
Durham County 502 40.0%
Orange County 410 0.0%
Forsyth County 410 0.0%
Johnston County 311 33.3%
Brunswick County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in North Carolina

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
State Employees'C 47,89325.2%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 25,10916.0%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 18,88411.4%6.13%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 15,00838.0%7.75%
Truist BankC 14,36430.3%6.50%
Movement MortgageA 11,0912.6%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 10,56519.4%7.13%
First-Citizens Bank & TrustB 10,31919.6%6.38%
Bank of AmericaF 10,27628.2%6.24%
Mortgage Research CenterC 10,02917.7%6.25%

Frequently asked questions

North Carolina: 196 applications in 2025, of which 49 were originated and 22 denied.

11.2% of all applications, or 29.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Digital originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 6.00%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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