Freedom Mortgage · District of Columbia · 2025

Freedom Mortgage in District of Columbia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Freedom Mortgage took 200 mortgage applications in District of Columbia in 2025, ranking #19 of 473 lenders active in the state. It originated 40.5% of them and denied 6.5% (11.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

200Applicationsin DC
11.9%Decision denial ratestate 23.7%
5.88%Median ratestate 6.50%
$520,000Median loanstate $405,000
$42MVolume1 counties

Freedom Mortgage in District of Columbia vs the state

6.5%Denial rate-11.56 pts vs state
11.9%Decision denial rate-11.81 pts vs state
40.5%Origination rate-15.01 pts vs state
5.88%Median rate-0.63 pts vs state
-0.04Rate spread (pts)-0.09 pts vs state
$149kMedian applicant income
81Loans originated
13Denied

Trend in District of Columbia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023421616.7%6.31%#74
2024974512.4%6.00%#39
2025200816.5%5.88%#19

What Freedom Mortgage lends in District of Columbia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 33 17% · 9.1% denied
Refinance 126 63% · 1.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 41 21% · 19.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 46 23% · 8.7% denied
FHA 58 29% · 8.6% denied
VA 96 48% · 4.2% denied

Why it denied District of Columbia applicants

Collateral 8 62%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 15%
Credit history 1 8%
Unverifiable information 1 8%
Insufficient cash 1 8%

Where in District of Columbia

Counties with the most Freedom Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
District of Columbia 2008113 6.5%

Other large lenders in District of Columbia

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 78628.5%7.75%
Rocket MortgageC 67120.7%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 54633.2%5.99%
First Savings MortgageA 5440.9%6.50%
Truist BankC 52941.2%6.25%
PNC BankD 46731.5%6.25%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 4597.6%6.38%
CitibankB 4179.6%6.00%
First Home MortgageB 3592.5%6.63%
NewrezD 35323.5%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

District of Columbia: 200 applications in 2025, of which 81 were originated and 13 denied.

6.5% of all applications, or 11.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The District of Columbia statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Freedom Mortgage originated in District of Columbia in 2025 was 5.88%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Freedom Mortgage's own HMDA filing for properties located in District of Columbia, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology