Embrace Home Loans · North Carolina · 2025

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

Embrace Home Loans took 41 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #426 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 75.6% of them and denied 7.3% (8.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

41Applicationsin NC
8.3%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
6.49%Median ratestate 6.50%
$315,000Median loanstate $225,000
$11MVolume22 counties

Embrace Home Loans in North Carolina vs the state

7.3%Denial rate-10.74 pts vs state
8.3%Decision denial rate-14.49 pts vs state
75.6%Origination rate+17.80 pts vs state
6.49%Median rate-0.01 pts vs state
0.25Rate spread (pts)+0.17 pts vs state
$114kMedian applicant income
31Loans originated
3Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231336013.5%6.50%#248
2024604010.0%6.63%#362
202541317.3%6.49%#426

What Embrace Home Loans lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 24 59% · 4.2% denied
Refinance 7 17% · 14.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 8 20% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 1 2% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 2% · 100.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 25 61% · 8.0% denied
FHA 7 17% · 14.3% denied
VA 9 22% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Collateral 1 33%
Credit history 1 33%
Unverifiable information 1 33%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Embrace Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Brunswick County 760 0.0%
Wake County 540 0.0%
New Hanover County 430 0.0%
Gaston County 330 0.0%
Henderson County 210 0.0%
Cumberland County 220 0.0%
Harnett County 211 50.0%
Mecklenburg County 210 0.0%
Avery County 110 0.0%
Craven 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: 41 applications in 2025, of which 31 were originated and 3 denied.

7.3% of all applications, or 8.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Embrace Home Loans originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 6.49%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Embrace Home Loans'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