Mortgage lender · Santa Ana, CA · LEI 549300R77W0P105C3S50

Homexpress Mortgage review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Homexpress Mortgage earns a C, in line with the typical performance of investment-property lenders. It turned down 43.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 3rd percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 1.14 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 43rd percentile on pricing. Compared against 220 investment-property lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

14kApplications2025
55.5%Originatedof applications
43.0%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
7.38%Median ratenational 6.63%
$3.3BLoan volume48 states

Homexpress Mortgage at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

42.7%Denial rate (all applications)+24.71 pts vs national
43.0%Denial rate (decided applications)+20.42 pts vs national
55.5%Origination rate-2.52 pts vs national
0.8%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
7.38%Median interest rate+0.75 pts vs national
1.14Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.88 pts vs national
$295,000Median loan amount
$13,929Median total loan costs
$224kMedian applicant income
75%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the C grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 220 investment-property lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

3rd43.0% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

43rd1.14 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

82nd0.8%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

11th4.72% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20237,8384,28743.1%43.5%8.50%$1.7B
202410,9156,00442.8%43.2%8.00%$2.5B
202514,3817,98342.7%43.0%7.38%$3.3B

What Homexpress Mortgage lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 4,984 35% · 38.0% denied
Refinance 1,863 13% · 52.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 7,534 52% · 43.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 13,983 97% · 42.3% denied
FHA 296 2% · 62.5% denied
VA 102 1% · 44.1% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 5 manufactured homes, 10,372 investment properties.

Why Homexpress Mortgage denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 6,139 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 4,107 67%
Collateral 1,212 20%
Debt-to-income ratio 348 6%
Insufficient cash 242 4%
Unverifiable information 160 3%
Incomplete application 38 1%
Employment history 24 0%
Other 8 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Homexpress Mortgage

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1193369.9%
$50k – $100k71632853.3%
$100k – $150k71936448.7%
$150k – $250k96951445.7%
Over $250k2,1421,30737.8%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2524511054.3%
25–341,79295845.1%
35–443,7952,12642.4%
45–543,9512,21142.7%
55–642,8971,66641.2%
65–741,30267946.0%
Over 7439923340.6%

Where Homexpress Mortgage lends

48 states and 1,188 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Florida2,4841,32544.8%7.38%#82
California2,3101,33240.7%7.25%#90
Texas1,82993047.0%7.50%#111
Georgia49525447.9%7.50%#153
Arizona44225441.4%7.38%#122
Ohio42421047.9%7.75%#158
Pennsylvania37220143.0%7.75%#204
Tennessee35319641.9%7.50%#143
North Carolina33819740.2%7.63%#177
Alabama33418841.3%7.50%#108
Illinois33418343.1%7.63%#179
Washington29817240.6%7.38%#150
Hawaii29518138.0%7.38%#24
New Jersey29418337.1%7.25%#166
Maryland29316243.0%7.63%#128
Virginia24214340.5%7.50%#187
South Carolina23815832.8%7.38%#166
Oregon23617027.5%7.25%#103
Colorado21211643.9%7.25%#178
Indiana2129351.4%7.75%#193
Nevada20912141.2%7.38%#102
Michigan20110846.3%7.63%#208
Connecticut1939944.6%7.38%#103
Wisconsin19212234.4%7.69%#167
Missouri18911934.9%7.50%#192
Massachusetts17110437.4%7.50%#182
Utah1457944.8%7.38%#117
Louisiana1318136.6%7.50%#157
Oklahoma1166639.7%7.63%#166
Minnesota894547.2%7.88%#221
Idaho865731.4%7.25%#124
New Mexico793653.2%7.50%#117
Kentucky694236.2%7.25%#239
Kansas673247.8%7.75%#201
Maine542353.7%7.38%#122
Rhode Island482935.4%7.75%#100
Mississippi463132.6%7.38%#177
New Hampshire452640.0%7.50%#140
District of Columbia421757.1%7.38%#81
Iowa422150.0%7.88%#237
Arkansas341944.1%7.63%#234
Delaware322134.4%8.00%#148
Montana221722.7%7.38%#137
West Virginia18761.1%7.63%#206
Nebraska10540.0%7.25%#251
Alaska8362.5%7.88%#111

Frequently asked questions

Homexpress Mortgage denied 43.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 3rd percentile of investment-property lenders.

The most common reason Homexpress Mortgage gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 66.9% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Homexpress Mortgage originated in 2025 was 7.38%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 1.14 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 35% of its applications were for home purchases, 65% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 97% conventional, 2% FHA, 1% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Homexpress Mortgage. Data sources · Methodology