Direct Mortgage · Florida · 2025

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

Direct Mortgage took 20 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #757 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 85.0% of them and denied 10.0% (10.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

20Applicationsin FL
10.5%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.63%
$345,000Median loanstate $255,000
$6.4MVolume11 counties

Direct Mortgage in Florida vs the state

10.0%Denial rate-11.06 pts vs state
10.5%Decision denial rate-16.71 pts vs state
85.0%Origination rate+32.31 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
Rate spread (pts)
$98kMedian applicant income
17Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023191521.1%6.50%#847
2024161225.0%6.63%#822
2025201710.0%6.88%#757

What Direct Mortgage lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 17 85% · 11.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 3 15% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 15 75% · 0.0% denied
FHA 4 20% · 50.0% denied
VA 1 5% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Incomplete application 2 100%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Direct Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hillsborough County 422 50.0%
Lee County 430 0.0%
Orange County 220 0.0%
Pinellas County 220 0.0%
Broward County 220 0.0%
Santa Rosa County 110 0.0%
Hernando County 110 0.0%
Volusia County 110 0.0%
Charlotte County 110 0.0%
Miami-Dade County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Florida

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 71,40515.3%6.44%
Rocket MortgageC 46,61121.0%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 23,63437.7%6.24%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 19,51614.1%6.50%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,45223.2%7.59%
Crosscountry MortgageB 19,1035.2%6.75%
NewrezD 17,51922.4%6.75%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 16,66114.5%4.88%
Lennar MortgageA 14,98421.0%4.75%
Truist BankC 14,14041.5%6.60%

Frequently asked questions

Florida: 20 applications in 2025, of which 17 were originated and 2 denied.

10.0% of all applications, or 10.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Direct Mortgage originated in Florida in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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