Mortgage lender · Roseville, CA · LEI 549300GYK7N8U42X9587

Five Star Bank review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Five Star Bank earns a B, better than most investment-property lenders. It turned down 1.7% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 73rd percentile for approval odds. Compared against 220 investment-property lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

126Applications2025
90.5%Originatedof applications
1.7%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$285MLoan volume30 states

Five Star Bank at a glance, 2025

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

1.6%Denial rate (all applications)-16.39 pts vs national
1.7%Denial rate (decided applications)-20.87 pts vs national
90.5%Origination rate+32.45 pts vs national
7.9%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$1,840,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
Median applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 220 investment-property lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

73rd1.7% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

37th7.9%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202395920.0%0.0%$185M
202478631.3%1.5%$177M
20251261141.6%1.7%$285M

What Five Star Bank 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 75 60% · 1.3% denied
Refinance 48 38% · 2.1% denied
Home improvement 3 2% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 126 100% · 1.6% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 107 manufactured homes, 126 investment properties.

Where Five Star Bank lends

30 states and 95 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
California32320.0%#577
Florida13100.0%#857
North Carolina12120.0%#594
New York650.0%#501
Oregon660.0%#416
Texas540.0%#1,091

Frequently asked questions

Five Star Bank denied 1.7% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 73rd percentile of investment-property lenders.

In 2025, 60% of its applications were for home purchases, 38% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 2% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% 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 Five Star Bank. Data sources · Methodology