First Community Mortgage · Florida · 2025

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

First Community Mortgage took 811 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #178 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 70.9% of them and denied 10.0% (11.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

811Applicationsin FL
11.0%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$305,000Median loanstate $255,000
$213MVolume48 counties

First Community Mortgage in Florida vs the state

10.0%Denial rate-11.07 pts vs state
11.0%Decision denial rate-16.20 pts vs state
70.9%Origination rate+18.21 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.29Rate spread (pts)+0.03 pts vs state
$107kMedian applicant income
575Loans originated
81Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202329522610.2%6.99%#317
202486467110.5%6.75%#171
202581157510.0%6.63%#178

What First Community Mortgage lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 673 83% · 9.5% denied
Refinance 54 7% · 9.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 78 10% · 15.4% denied
Home improvement 5 1% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 536 66% · 9.0% denied
FHA 208 26% · 13.5% denied
VA 56 7% · 7.1% denied
USDA / RHS 11 1% · 9.1% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 28 35%
Collateral 19 23%
Incomplete application 15 19%
Other 6 7%
Credit history 6 7%
Employment history 3 4%
Unverifiable information 3 4%
Insufficient cash 1 1%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most First Community Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Leon County 73563 4.1%
Broward County 603912 20.0%
Orange County 57444 7.0%
Lee County 49345 10.2%
Palm Beach County 48354 8.3%
Seminole County 41312 4.9%
Duval County 34205 14.7%
St. Johns County 29201 3.4%
Pinellas County 29174 13.8%
Lake County 28231 3.6%

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: 811 applications in 2025, of which 575 were originated and 81 denied.

10.0% of all applications, or 11.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

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

About this data. Figures are First Community 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