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Go Mortgage review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Go Mortgage earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 3.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 85th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.37 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 30th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

2.2kApplications2025
72.7%Originatedof applications
3.2%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$563MLoan volume42 states

Go Mortgage at a glance, 2025

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

2.7%Denial rate (all applications)-15.29 pts vs national
3.2%Denial rate (decided applications)-19.36 pts vs national
72.7%Origination rate+14.65 pts vs national
16.8%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
6.63%Median interest rate0.00 pts vs national
0.37Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.12 pts vs national
$315,000Median loan amount
$8,225Median total loan costs
$119kMedian applicant income
85%Median loan-to-value
1High-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%

85th3.2% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

30th0.37 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

50th16.9%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

36th2.61% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20233,7422,20011.2%14.2%6.63%$620M
20242,5491,7613.1%3.7%6.88%$526M
20252,2331,6232.7%3.2%6.63%$563M

What Go Mortgage 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 1,842 82% · 2.5% denied
Refinance 197 9% · 2.0% denied
Home improvement 194 9% · 5.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,601 72% · 1.4% denied
FHA 467 21% · 6.9% denied
VA 142 6% · 2.8% denied
USDA / RHS 23 1% · 4.4% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 6 reverse mortgages, 3 manufactured homes, 161 investment properties.

Why Go Mortgage denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 60 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 22 37%
Credit history 18 30%
Collateral 10 17%
Other 6 10%
Insufficient cash 2 3%
Unverifiable information 1 2%
Employment history 1 2%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Go Mortgage

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k127861.9%
$50k – $100k7015175.0%
$100k – $150k6184533.1%
$150k – $250k5163742.6%
Over $250k2411690.5%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 25131970.0%
25–346084503.2%
35–445914153.9%
45–543882912.4%
55–642972056.0%
65–741551161.5%
Over 7463490.0%

Where Go Mortgage lends

42 states and 417 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Oregon4313291.6%6.63%#72
Ohio3712751.4%6.75%#169
Pennsylvania2351743.0%6.75%#251
South Carolina2221613.2%6.63%#177
California135984.4%6.50%#404
Florida123903.3%6.63%#449
Minnesota98840.0%6.75%#209
Texas79566.3%6.25%#612
Wisconsin72434.2%6.63%#295
North Carolina52341.9%6.31%#397
Arizona48320.0%6.63%#318
Indiana45332.2%6.63%#361
Virginia39277.7%6.63%#404
Georgia34272.9%6.25%#506
Maryland34202.9%6.63%#354
Nevada33269.1%6.75%#241
Massachusetts26133.9%6.13%#391
New Jersey25150.0%6.49%#427
Washington25174.0%6.25%#362
Tennessee21154.8%6.49%#530
Illinois1477.1%6.63%#643
Colorado1020.0%6.93%#507
Delaware9811.1%6.75%#252
Mississippi870.0%6.99%#294
Connecticut750.0%6.13%#402
Missouri650.0%6.50%#578

Frequently asked questions

Go Mortgage denied 3.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 85th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Go Mortgage gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 36.7% 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 Go Mortgage originated in 2025 was 6.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.37 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 82% of its applications were for home purchases, 9% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 9% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 72% conventional, 21% 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 Go Mortgage. Data sources · Methodology