Mortgage lender · Chesterfield, MO · LEI 549300MMQJ2MM37FDE66

Frontier Financial review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Frontier Financial earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of small mortgage lenders. It turned down 0.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 97th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.48 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 30th percentile on pricing. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

274Applications2025
98.2%Originatedof applications
0.0%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$63MLoan volume3 states

Frontier Financial at a glance, 2025

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

0.0%Denial rate (all applications)-17.98 pts vs national
0.0%Denial rate (decided applications)-22.59 pts vs national
98.2%Origination rate+40.15 pts vs national
1.5%Withdrawn by applicant
0.4%Closed for incompleteness
6.63%Median interest rate0.00 pts vs national
0.48Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.23 pts vs national
$185,000Median loan amount
$3,766Median total loan costs
$78kMedian applicant income
97%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 1,883 small mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

97th0.0% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

30th0.48 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

90th1.8%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

45th2.04% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20233933830.8%0.8%6.75%$78M
20243163021.0%1.0%6.63%$60M
20252742690.0%0.0%6.63%$63M

What Frontier Financial 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 256 93% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 18 7% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 151 55% · 0.0% denied
FHA 97 35% · 0.0% denied
VA 17 6% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 9 3% · 0.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 1 manufactured homes, 3 investment properties.

Who gets approved at Frontier Financial

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k46460.0%
$50k – $100k1301270.0%
$100k – $150k62600.0%
$150k – $250k21210.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2547460.0%
25–341111100.0%
35–4457560.0%
45–5435340.0%

Where Frontier Financial lends

3 states and 41 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Iowa1751730.0%6.63%#115
Missouri52520.0%6.75%#342
Illinois47440.0%6.63%#472

Frequently asked questions

Frontier Financial denied 0.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 97th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

The median interest rate on loans Frontier Financial originated in 2025 was 6.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.48 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 93% of its applications were for home purchases, 7% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 55% conventional, 35% FHA, 6% 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 Frontier Financial. Data sources · Methodology