Mortgage lender · Brea, CA · LEI 549300PRAPL43XPYR044

Emet Lending Group review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Emet Lending Group earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 0.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 99th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.62 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 13th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

2.0kApplications2025
67.4%Originatedof applications
0.0%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
7.00%Median ratenational 6.63%
$784MLoan volume16 states

Emet Lending Group at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

0.0%Denial rate (all applications)-17.98 pts vs national
0.0%Denial rate (decided applications)-22.59 pts vs national
67.4%Origination rate+9.33 pts vs national
7.0%Withdrawn by applicant
0.6%Closed for incompleteness
7.00%Median interest rate+0.38 pts vs national
0.62Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.37 pts vs national
$515,000Median loan amount
$10,819Median total loan costs
$174kMedian applicant income
75%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

99th0.0% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

13th0.62 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

89th7.6%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

59th2.10% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,2861,0700.0%0.0%7.38%$630M
20242,4551,9730.0%0.0%7.25%$1.2B
20252,0251,3640.0%0.0%7.00%$784M

What Emet Lending Group lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,286 64% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 297 15% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 442 22% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,981 98% · 0.0% denied
FHA 44 2% · 0.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 435 investment properties.

Who gets approved at Emet Lending Group

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k103580.0%
$50k – $100k2191690.0%
$100k – $150k4343160.0%
$150k – $250k5673880.0%
Over $250k5993680.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2554410.0%
25–343382270.0%
35–446584490.0%
45–545213420.0%
55–643152150.0%
65–74113690.0%
Over 7424190.0%

Where Emet Lending Group lends

16 states and 154 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
California1,2647580.0%7.00%#147
Texas2832120.0%6.88%#347
Virginia2071840.0%6.88%#202
Maryland110890.0%7.13%#219
Georgia64590.0%6.88%#411
Florida31150.0%7.38%#685
Nevada17110.0%6.38%#287
Colorado13110.0%6.75%#470
Washington1150.0%7.38%#446
North Carolina760.0%7.44%#689
Arizona640.0%7.00%#589

Frequently asked questions

Emet Lending Group denied 0.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 99th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The median interest rate on loans Emet Lending Group originated in 2025 was 7.00%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.62 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 64% of its applications were for home purchases, 36% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 98% conventional, 2% FHA, 0% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Emet Lending Group. Data sources · Methodology