Mortgage lender · Palm Desert, CA · LEI 254900RQX8N4HXJIDK44

Franklin Loan review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Franklin Loan earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 2.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 94th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.43 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 26th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

2.6kApplications2025
76.3%Originatedof applications
2.0%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$935MLoan volume26 states

Franklin Loan 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)-16.37 pts vs national
2.0%Denial rate (decided applications)-20.59 pts vs national
76.3%Origination rate+18.22 pts vs national
19.7%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
6.63%Median interest rate0.00 pts vs national
0.43Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.17 pts vs national
$395,000Median loan amount
$8,654Median total loan costs
$144kMedian applicant income
77%Median loan-to-value
3High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B 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%

94th2.0% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

26th0.43 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

36th19.7%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

53rd2.19% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,6411,2551.0%1.3%6.63%$534M
20242,1151,6251.0%1.3%6.63%$769M
20252,6151,9941.6%2.0%6.63%$935M

What Franklin Loan 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 1,555 59% · 1.4% denied
Refinance 218 8% · 1.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 838 32% · 1.9% denied
Other / HELOC 4 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,784 68% · 1.3% denied
FHA 701 27% · 2.6% denied
VA 129 5% · 0.8% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Also: 2 home-equity lines, 12 reverse mortgages, 142 manufactured homes, 282 investment properties.

Why Franklin Loan denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 42 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Collateral 13 31%
Debt-to-income ratio 11 26%
Credit history 7 17%
Other 5 12%
Employment history 3 7%
Unverifiable information 2 5%
Insufficient cash 1 2%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Franklin Loan

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k52308.6%
$50k – $100k5243692.8%
$100k – $150k7125601.7%
$150k – $250k6384892.3%
Over $250k5394331.1%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2564481.9%
25–344513402.2%
35–446344951.9%
45–546084632.2%
55–644283342.3%
65–742872171.3%
Over 74142971.0%

Where Franklin Loan lends

26 states and 260 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
California2,0781,6081.5%6.75%#104
Arizona75541.3%6.63%#270
Nevada60473.3%6.25%#188
North Carolina50374.0%6.50%#400
Utah49372.0%6.25%#172
Tennessee46290.0%6.75%#421
Colorado34232.9%6.56%#351
Georgia33230.0%6.25%#510
South Carolina27180.0%6.63%#409
Florida24138.3%6.38%#730
Oregon22180.0%6.69%#287
Pennsylvania22190.0%6.38%#588
Maryland20145.0%6.25%#410
Texas20160.0%6.63%#863
Idaho17120.0%6.38%#236
New Mexico960.0%6.56%#262
Hawaii840.0%7.38%#172
Washington650.0%6.75%#509

Frequently asked questions

Franklin Loan denied 2.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 94th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Franklin Loan gave in 2025 was "collateral", cited on 31.0% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Franklin Loan originated in 2025 was 6.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.43 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 59% of its applications were for home purchases, 40% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 68% conventional, 27% FHA, 5% 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 Franklin Loan. Data sources · Methodology