Discover Bank · Virginia · 2025

Discover Bank in Virginia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Discover Bank took 2,038 mortgage applications in Virginia in 2025, ranking #41 of 1,013 lenders active in the state. It originated 15.6% of them and denied 52.4% (76.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.9%.

2.0kApplicationsin VA
76.4%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
8.83%Median ratestate 6.63%
$75,000Median loanstate $255,000
$31MVolume118 counties

Discover Bank in Virginia vs the state

52.4%Denial rate+36.42 pts vs state
76.4%Decision denial rate+56.18 pts vs state
15.6%Origination rate-43.97 pts vs state
8.83%Median rate+2.21 pts vs state
2.27Rate spread (pts)+2.05 pts vs state
$121kMedian applicant income
317Loans originated
1,067Denied

Trend in Virginia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20236,3261,06845.0%9.37%#6
20246,4241,25449.0%8.86%#7
20252,03831752.4%8.83%#41

What Discover Bank lends in Virginia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 106 5% · 50.9% denied
Refinance 380 19% · 56.1% denied
Home improvement 516 25% · 40.7% denied
Other / HELOC 1,036 51% · 57.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,038 100% · 52.4% denied

Why it denied Virginia applicants

Credit history 489 46%
Debt-to-income ratio 186 17%
Incomplete application 149 14%
Collateral 125 12%
Other 96 9%
Unverifiable information 16 1%
Employment history 6 1%

Where in Virginia

Counties with the most Discover Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Fairfax County 22738120 52.9%
Loudoun County 1782289 50.0%
Prince William County 1662676 45.8%
Chesterfield County 1281772 56.3%
Virginia Beach city 871043 49.4%
Chesapeake city 841839 46.4%
Henrico County 78847 60.3%
Stafford County 691133 47.8%
Spotsylvania County 451122 48.9%
Richmond city 39422 56.4%

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: 2,038 applications in 2025, of which 317 were originated and 1,067 denied.

52.4% of all applications, or 76.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Virginia statewide average across all lenders was 15.9%.

The median rate on loans Discover Bank originated in Virginia in 2025 was 8.83%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Discover Bank'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