Freedom Mortgage · Hawaii · 2025

Freedom Mortgage in Hawaii: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Freedom Mortgage took 924 mortgage applications in Hawaii in 2025, ranking #10 of 321 lenders active in the state. It originated 55.8% of them and denied 10.8% (15.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.8%.

924Applicationsin HI
15.4%Decision denial ratestate 27.3%
5.75%Median ratestate 6.15%
$655,000Median loanstate $405,000
$384MVolume4 counties

Freedom Mortgage in Hawaii vs the state

10.8%Denial rate-11.01 pts vs state
15.4%Decision denial rate-11.88 pts vs state
55.8%Origination rate+0.47 pts vs state
5.75%Median rate-0.40 pts vs state
-0.43Rate spread (pts)-0.18 pts vs state
$152kMedian applicant income
516Loans originated
100Denied

Trend in Hawaii

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20234182686.9%6.25%#16
20241,0757256.9%6.13%#8
202592451610.8%5.75%#10

What Freedom Mortgage lends in Hawaii

By loan purpose

Home purchase 469 51% · 11.3% denied
Refinance 241 26% · 6.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 212 23% · 14.6% denied
Other / HELOC 2 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 125 14% · 16.0% denied
FHA 171 19% · 21.1% denied
VA 628 68% · 7.0% denied

Why it denied Hawaii applicants

Collateral 37 37%
Debt-to-income ratio 23 23%
Other 12 12%
Insufficient cash 11 11%
Credit history 10 10%
Unverifiable information 4 4%
Employment history 2 2%
Incomplete application 1 1%

Where in Hawaii

Counties with the most Freedom Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Honolulu County 71642372 10.1%
Hawaii County 1346418 13.4%
Maui County 57219 15.8%
Kauai County 1781 5.9%

Other large lenders in Hawaii

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Bank of HawaiiC 3,67927.8%6.00%
First Hawaiian BankB 2,74019.4%5.87%
American Savings BankC 2,47934.5%5.65%
Hawaiiusa Federal Credit UnionC 1,83338.1%5.65%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 1,71011.1%6.13%
Rocket MortgageC 1,63722.4%6.63%
Central Pacific BankC 1,51933.6%6.13%
Hawaii State Federal Credit UnionC 1,41830.0%5.90%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 98530.2%8.10%
NewrezD 89116.5%6.25%

Frequently asked questions

Hawaii: 924 applications in 2025, of which 516 were originated and 100 denied.

10.8% of all applications, or 15.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Hawaii statewide average across all lenders was 21.8%.

The median rate on loans Freedom Mortgage originated in Hawaii in 2025 was 5.75%, against a statewide median of 6.15%.

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