Direct Mortgage Loans · Delaware · 2025

Direct Mortgage Loans in Delaware: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Direct Mortgage Loans took 82 mortgage applications in Delaware in 2025, ranking #92 of 540 lenders active in the state. It originated 76.8% of them and denied 1.2% (1.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

82Applicationsin DE
1.4%Decision denial ratestate 22.7%
6.99%Median ratestate 6.63%
$335,000Median loanstate $245,000
$23MVolume3 counties

Direct Mortgage Loans in Delaware vs the state

1.2%Denial rate-16.94 pts vs state
1.4%Decision denial rate-21.36 pts vs state
76.8%Origination rate+17.64 pts vs state
6.99%Median rate+0.37 pts vs state
0.67Rate spread (pts)+0.40 pts vs state
$114kMedian applicant income
63Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Delaware

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202333310.0%7.25%#128
202447422.1%6.93%#115
202582631.2%6.99%#92

What Direct Mortgage Loans lends in Delaware

By loan purpose

Home purchase 74 90% · 1.4% denied
Refinance 7 9% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 1 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 63 77% · 1.6% denied
FHA 17 21% · 0.0% denied
VA 2 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Delaware applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 1 100%

Where in Delaware

Counties with the most Direct Mortgage Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Sussex County 70521 1.4%
New Castle County 650 0.0%
Kent County 660 0.0%

Other large lenders in Delaware

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 2,38115.5%6.88%
Wilmington Savings Fund SocietyB 1,80116.6%7.25%
Citizens BankC 1,63329.3%7.65%
PNC BankD 1,49225.1%7.50%
NVR Mortgage FinanceB 1,41418.7%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 1,40813.0%6.13%
Pike Creek Mortgage ServicesB 1,3832.2%6.38%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 1,33732.5%5.99%
NewrezD 1,12718.4%6.50%
Del-One Federal Credit UnionD 1,07041.3%7.00%

Frequently asked questions

Delaware: 82 applications in 2025, of which 63 were originated and 1 denied.

1.2% of all applications, or 1.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Delaware statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans Direct Mortgage Loans originated in Delaware in 2025 was 6.99%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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