Guaranteed Rate Affinity · Florida · 2025

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in Florida: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Guaranteed Rate Affinity took 2,515 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #81 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 58.0% of them and denied 7.2% (10.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

2.5kApplicationsin FL
10.7%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$325,000Median loanstate $255,000
$556MVolume51 counties

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in Florida vs the state

7.2%Denial rate-13.90 pts vs state
10.7%Decision denial rate-16.53 pts vs state
58.0%Origination rate+5.28 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.26Rate spread (pts)-0.01 pts vs state
$131kMedian applicant income
1,458Loans originated
180Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232,9211,6727.8%6.63%#65
20242,1571,3369.2%6.65%#84
20252,5151,4587.2%6.63%#81

What Guaranteed Rate Affinity lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,996 79% · 5.9% denied
Refinance 129 5% · 3.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 239 10% · 7.1% denied
Home improvement 57 2% · 26.3% denied
Other / HELOC 94 4% · 26.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,980 79% · 7.2% denied
FHA 310 12% · 9.0% denied
VA 220 9% · 4.1% denied
USDA / RHS 5 0% · 20.0% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 59 33%
Collateral 43 24%
Credit history 25 14%
Other 22 12%
Incomplete application 12 7%
Insufficient cash 11 6%
Unverifiable information 7 4%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate Affinity applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Broward County 22011820 9.1%
Hillsborough County 19411115 7.7%
Miami-Dade County 1877434 18.2%
Palm Beach County 1879411 5.9%
Sarasota County 18712210 5.3%
Pinellas County 16910115 8.9%
Orange County 1599310 6.3%
Manatee County 131887 5.3%
Escambia County 121864 3.3%
Seminole County 93531 1.1%

Other large lenders in Florida

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 71,40515.3%6.44%
Rocket MortgageC 46,61121.0%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 23,63437.7%6.24%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 19,51614.1%6.50%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,45223.2%7.59%
Crosscountry MortgageB 19,1035.2%6.75%
NewrezD 17,51922.4%6.75%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 16,66114.5%4.88%
Lennar MortgageA 14,98421.0%4.75%
Truist BankC 14,14041.5%6.60%

Frequently asked questions

Florida: 2,515 applications in 2025, of which 1,458 were originated and 180 denied.

7.2% of all applications, or 10.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Guaranteed Rate Affinity originated in Florida in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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