Guidance Residential · Michigan · 2025

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

Guidance Residential took 227 mortgage applications in Michigan in 2025, ranking #196 of 973 lenders active in the state. It originated 59.9% of them and denied 3.1% (4.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.5%.

227Applicationsin MI
4.6%Decision denial ratestate 22.6%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.75%
$255,000Median loanstate $155,000
$38MVolume13 counties

Guidance Residential in Michigan vs the state

3.1%Denial rate-15.44 pts vs state
4.6%Decision denial rate-18.03 pts vs state
59.9%Origination rate+0.02 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.44Rate spread (pts)+0.04 pts vs state
$105kMedian applicant income
136Loans originated
7Denied

Trend in Michigan

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202397636.2%7.00%#270
2024167993.0%7.13%#213
20252271363.1%6.88%#196

What Guidance Residential lends in Michigan

By loan purpose

Home purchase 154 68% · 2.0% denied
Refinance 53 23% · 3.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 20 9% · 10.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 227 100% · 3.1% denied

Why it denied Michigan applicants

Unverifiable information 3 43%
Collateral 2 29%
Credit history 1 14%
Employment history 1 14%

Where in Michigan

Counties with the most Guidance Residential applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Wayne County 98583 3.1%
Macomb County 51332 3.9%
Oakland County 46240 0.0%
Washtenaw County 1281 8.3%
Genesee County 630 0.0%
Ingham County 430 0.0%
Kalamazoo County 330 0.0%
Branch County 220 0.0%
Eaton County 101 100.0%
Roscommon County 100 0.0%

Other large lenders in Michigan

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 30,64416.3%6.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 29,33011.7%6.60%
The Huntington National BankD 20,04730.0%7.49%
Lake Michigan Credit UnionA 16,6625.6%6.75%
Fifth Third BankD 11,17626.4%7.50%
21st MortgageF 7,42453.4%11.04%
Citizens BankC 6,59229.0%7.65%
Triad Financial ServicesD 6,42656.1%8.49%
Union Home MortgageB 5,3034.3%6.75%
PNC BankD 5,16126.3%7.36%

Frequently asked questions

Michigan: 227 applications in 2025, of which 136 were originated and 7 denied.

3.1% of all applications, or 4.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Michigan statewide average across all lenders was 18.5%.

The median rate on loans Guidance Residential originated in Michigan in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

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