Guidance Residential · North Carolina · 2025

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

Guidance Residential took 113 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #302 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 72.6% of them and denied 2.7% (3.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

113Applicationsin NC
3.5%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
6.69%Median ratestate 6.50%
$315,000Median loanstate $225,000
$30MVolume16 counties

Guidance Residential in North Carolina vs the state

2.7%Denial rate-15.41 pts vs state
3.5%Decision denial rate-19.33 pts vs state
72.6%Origination rate+14.76 pts vs state
6.69%Median rate+0.19 pts vs state
0.24Rate spread (pts)+0.15 pts vs state
$138kMedian applicant income
82Loans originated
3Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202377445.2%7.25%#317
202493567.5%7.13%#308
2025113822.7%6.69%#302

What Guidance Residential lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 84 74% · 2.4% denied
Refinance 20 18% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 9 8% · 11.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 113 100% · 2.7% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Credit history 1 33%
Unverifiable information 1 33%
Insufficient cash 1 33%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Guidance Residential applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Wake County 47362 4.3%
Mecklenburg County 1490 0.0%
Guilford County 1390 0.0%
Cabarrus County 860 0.0%
Durham County 861 12.5%
Johnston County 420 0.0%
Harnett County 430 0.0%
Forsyth County 320 0.0%
Pitt County 210 0.0%
Alamance County 220 0.0%

Other large lenders in North Carolina

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
State Employees'C 47,89325.2%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 25,10916.0%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 18,88411.4%6.13%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 15,00838.0%7.75%
Truist BankC 14,36430.3%6.50%
Movement MortgageA 11,0912.6%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 10,56519.4%7.13%
First-Citizens Bank & TrustB 10,31919.6%6.38%
Bank of AmericaF 10,27628.2%6.24%
Mortgage Research CenterC 10,02917.7%6.25%

Frequently asked questions

North Carolina: 113 applications in 2025, of which 82 were originated and 3 denied.

2.7% of all applications, or 3.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Guidance Residential originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 6.69%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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