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Inspire Home Loans review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Inspire Home Loans earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 11.9% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 44th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.86 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 99th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

9.1kApplications2025
72.8%Originatedof applications
11.9%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
4.88%Median ratenational 6.63%
$2.4BLoan volume17 states

Inspire Home Loans at a glance, 2025

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

10.6%Denial rate (all applications)-7.40 pts vs national
11.9%Denial rate (decided applications)-10.72 pts vs national
72.8%Origination rate+14.78 pts vs national
10.4%Withdrawn by applicant
0.5%Closed for incompleteness
4.88%Median interest rate-1.75 pts vs national
-0.86Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-1.11 pts vs national
$315,000Median loan amount
$8,226Median total loan costs
$101kMedian applicant income
97%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

44th11.9% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

99th-0.86 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

78th10.9%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

36th2.61% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20237,9025,4319.3%10.7%5.75%$1.9B
202410,1167,04812.0%13.7%5.50%$2.6B
20259,0596,59610.6%11.9%4.88%$2.4B

What Inspire Home Loans 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 9,041 100% · 10.6% denied
Refinance 18 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 3,079 34% · 6.2% denied
FHA 4,471 49% · 13.9% denied
VA 1,312 14% · 7.3% denied
USDA / RHS 197 2% · 25.4% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 394 investment properties.

Why Inspire Home Loans denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 958 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 614 64%
Credit history 177 18%
Other 110 11%
Unverifiable information 34 4%
Employment history 17 2%
Collateral 3 0%
Insufficient cash 2 0%
Incomplete application 1 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Inspire Home Loans

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k50222244.1%
$50k – $100k3,8602,75513.6%
$100k – $150k2,6372,0197.9%
$150k – $250k1,5051,1954.9%
Over $250k5033923.9%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2567548614.6%
25–343,0462,29310.8%
35–442,3341,70112.4%
45–541,5041,05712.6%
55–6492264911.9%
65–7446932811.0%
Over 74109828.6%

Where Inspire Home Loans lends

17 states and 174 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas1,6481,27410.9%4.88%#121
Florida1,42789617.9%4.88%#116
California99269311.0%5.63%#174
Georgia97668110.3%4.88%#95
Arizona95372810.3%5.63%#75
North Carolina5914088.5%6.06%#126
Colorado5754796.4%4.88%#98
Nevada4693699.0%4.88%#59
Washington3122523.9%5.38%#142
Tennessee2962435.1%5.25%#166
South Carolina24115511.6%6.00%#164
Utah1601464.4%4.88%#111
Indiana130886.2%6.25%#242
Alabama117769.4%4.88%#208
Michigan85515.9%6.38%#286
Kentucky74470.0%6.00%#235
Louisiana13107.7%4.88%#351

Frequently asked questions

Inspire Home Loans denied 11.9% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 44th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Inspire Home Loans gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 64.1% 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 Inspire Home Loans originated in 2025 was 4.88%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.86 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 100% of its applications were for home purchases, 0% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 34% conventional, 49% FHA, 14% 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 Inspire Home Loans. Data sources · Methodology