First Ohio Home Finance · Ohio · 2025

First Ohio Home Finance in Ohio: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Ohio Home Finance took 791 mortgage applications in Ohio in 2025, ranking #103 of 1,092 lenders active in the state. It originated 74.8% of them and denied 0.5% (0.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.7%.

791Applicationsin OH
0.7%Decision denial ratestate 21.9%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.88%
$175,000Median loanstate $155,000
$124MVolume62 counties

First Ohio Home Finance in Ohio vs the state

0.5%Denial rate-17.18 pts vs state
0.7%Decision denial rate-21.22 pts vs state
74.8%Origination rate+14.94 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.01Rate spread (pts)-0.38 pts vs state
$93kMedian applicant income
592Loans originated
4Denied

Trend in Ohio

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20238946443.6%7.00%#82
20249386450.4%6.99%#81
20257915920.5%6.75%#103

What First Ohio Home Finance lends in Ohio

By loan purpose

Home purchase 663 84% · 0.5% denied
Refinance 45 6% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 83 10% · 1.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 589 74% · 0.5% denied
FHA 168 21% · 0.6% denied
VA 14 2% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 20 3% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Ohio applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 3 75%
Collateral 1 25%

Where in Ohio

Counties with the most First Ohio Home Finance applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Franklin County 1711212 1.2%
Cuyahoga County 106680 0.0%
Summit County 69560 0.0%
Stark County 55420 0.0%
Guernsey County 45440 0.0%
Muskingum County 43350 0.0%
Lucas County 38251 2.6%
Richland County 18160 0.0%
Delaware County 17150 0.0%
Licking County 16140 0.0%

Other large lenders in Ohio

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
The Huntington National BankD 42,68325.8%7.59%
Rocket MortgageC 23,16518.5%6.63%
Fifth Third BankD 21,93925.6%7.50%
Crosscountry MortgageB 16,0663.1%6.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 14,62613.1%6.45%
Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of ClevelandC 12,62223.0%6.74%
PNC BankD 11,60724.6%7.40%
Wright-Patt Credit UnionC 8,79128.1%7.50%
U.S. BankD 8,62338.0%7.60%
Citizens BankC 7,77524.3%7.65%

Frequently asked questions

Ohio: 791 applications in 2025, of which 592 were originated and 4 denied.

0.5% of all applications, or 0.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Ohio statewide average across all lenders was 17.7%.

The median rate on loans First Ohio Home Finance originated in Ohio in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.88%.

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