Homestead Funding · North Carolina · 2025

Homestead Funding in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Homestead Funding took 105 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #317 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 90.5% of them and denied 1.0% (1.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

105Applicationsin NC
1.0%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
5.99%Median ratestate 6.50%
$355,000Median loanstate $225,000
$36MVolume27 counties

Homestead Funding in North Carolina vs the state

1.0%Denial rate-17.11 pts vs state
1.0%Decision denial rate-21.78 pts vs state
90.5%Origination rate+32.67 pts vs state
5.99%Median rate-0.51 pts vs state
-0.19Rate spread (pts)-0.28 pts vs state
$175kMedian applicant income
95Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202371532.8%6.50%#329
2024114961.8%6.38%#286
2025105951.0%5.99%#317

What Homestead Funding lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 34 32% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 63 60% · 1.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 7 7% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 101 96% · 1.0% denied
FHA 4 4% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 1 100%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Homestead Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Wake County 31250 0.0%
Mecklenburg County 14130 0.0%
Durham County 760 0.0%
Union County 770 0.0%
Guilford County 550 0.0%
New Hanover County 541 20.0%
Cabarrus County 440 0.0%
Johnston County 440 0.0%
Brunswick County 330 0.0%
Buncombe 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: 105 applications in 2025, of which 95 were originated and 1 denied.

1.0% of all applications, or 1.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Homestead Funding originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 5.99%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Homestead Funding'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