Embrace Home Loans · California · 2025

Embrace Home Loans in California: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Embrace Home Loans took 28 mortgage applications in California in 2025, ranking #602 of 1,147 lenders active in the state. It originated 46.4% of them and denied 3.6% (5.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.4%.

28Applicationsin CA
5.6%Decision denial ratestate 22.4%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.63%
$725,000Median loanstate $385,000
$8.4MVolume13 counties

Embrace Home Loans in California vs the state

3.6%Denial rate-13.85 pts vs state
5.6%Decision denial rate-16.84 pts vs state
46.4%Origination rate-9.77 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.22Rate spread (pts)-0.05 pts vs state
$249kMedian applicant income
13Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in California

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231274721.3%6.49%#397
2024543011.1%6.69%#517
202528133.6%6.75%#602

What Embrace Home Loans lends in California

By loan purpose

Home purchase 10 36% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 8 29% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 7 25% · 14.3% denied
Home improvement 1 4% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 2 7% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 24 86% · 0.0% denied
FHA 2 7% · 50.0% denied
VA 2 7% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied California applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 1 100%

Where in California

Counties with the most Embrace Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Orange County 630 0.0%
San Diego County 420 0.0%
Los Angeles County 321 33.3%
Santa Clara County 320 0.0%
Alameda County 210 0.0%
San Francisco County 210 0.0%
Contra Costa County 200 0.0%
Kern County 100 0.0%
El Dorado County 100 0.0%
Riverside County 100 0.0%

Other large lenders in California

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 79,26112.6%6.49%
Rocket MortgageC 58,92517.6%6.75%
Bank of AmericaF 40,19030.8%5.99%
U.S. BankD 32,49331.6%6.50%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 22,0489.7%6.13%
Spring EqD 21,60150.8%8.88%
SchoolsfirstA 19,08610.0%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 18,75413.5%6.50%
NewrezD 17,00019.3%6.63%
Loandepot.ComD 16,64518.7%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

California: 28 applications in 2025, of which 13 were originated and 1 denied.

3.6% of all applications, or 5.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The California statewide average across all lenders was 17.4%.

The median rate on loans Embrace Home Loans originated in California in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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