Guidance Residential · Florida · 2025

Guidance Residential in Florida: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Guidance Residential took 168 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #401 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 58.3% of them and denied 3.6% (5.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

168Applicationsin FL
5.3%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$325,000Median loanstate $255,000
$35MVolume26 counties

Guidance Residential in Florida vs the state

3.6%Denial rate-17.49 pts vs state
5.3%Decision denial rate-21.93 pts vs state
58.3%Origination rate+5.64 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.34Rate spread (pts)+0.07 pts vs state
$124kMedian applicant income
98Loans originated
6Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023137658.0%7.13%#436
2024148924.1%7.13%#424
2025168983.6%6.63%#401

What Guidance Residential lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 120 71% · 2.5% denied
Refinance 24 14% · 8.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 24 14% · 4.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 168 100% · 3.6% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Credit history 2 33%
Mortgage insurance denied 1 17%
Unverifiable information 1 17%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 17%
Other 1 17%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Guidance Residential applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hillsborough County 30162 6.7%
Broward County 26160 0.0%
Orange County 1790 0.0%
Osceola County 13101 7.7%
Palm Beach County 1371 7.7%
Alachua County 850 0.0%
Pasco County 760 0.0%
Pinellas County 611 16.7%
Seminole County 510 0.0%
Duval County 530 0.0%

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: 168 applications in 2025, of which 98 were originated and 6 denied.

3.6% of all applications, or 5.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Guidance Residential originated in Florida in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Guidance Residential'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