Foundation Mortgage · Florida · 2025

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

Foundation Mortgage took 389 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #276 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 33.7% of them and denied 18.8% (20.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

389Applicationsin FL
20.1%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
7.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$375,000Median loanstate $255,000
$75MVolume36 counties

Foundation Mortgage in Florida vs the state

18.8%Denial rate-2.29 pts vs state
20.1%Decision denial rate-7.19 pts vs state
33.7%Origination rate-19.01 pts vs state
7.50%Median rate+0.88 pts vs state
1.38Rate spread (pts)+1.11 pts vs state
$205kMedian applicant income
131Loans originated
73Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232211107.7%8.69%#367
202434716216.4%8.00%#288
202538913118.8%7.50%#276

What Foundation Mortgage lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 193 50% · 17.6% denied
Refinance 194 50% · 20.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 2 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 389 100% · 18.8% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 22 30%
Collateral 20 27%
Unverifiable information 16 22%
Credit history 7 10%
Other 5 7%
Insufficient cash 2 3%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Foundation Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Miami-Dade County 993614 14.1%
Broward County 44157 15.9%
Marion County 2610 0.0%
Palm Beach County 26145 19.2%
Orange County 2084 20.0%
Osceola County 19134 21.1%
Sarasota County 1792 11.8%
Pinellas County 1516 40.0%
Lee County 1555 33.3%
Collier County 14103 21.4%

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: 389 applications in 2025, of which 131 were originated and 73 denied.

18.8% of all applications, or 20.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Foundation Mortgage originated in Florida in 2025 was 7.50%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Foundation 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