Investor Mortgage Finance · North Carolina · 2025

Investor Mortgage Finance in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Investor Mortgage Finance took 318 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #189 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 52.8% of them and denied 20.4% (27.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

318Applicationsin NC
27.9%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
7.28%Median ratestate 6.50%
$255,000Median loanstate $225,000
$52MVolume0 counties

Investor Mortgage Finance in North Carolina vs the state

20.4%Denial rate+2.38 pts vs state
27.9%Decision denial rate+5.08 pts vs state
52.8%Origination rate-4.98 pts vs state
7.28%Median rate+0.78 pts vs state
Rate spread (pts)
Median applicant income
168Loans originated
65Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202438524617.1%7.54%#150
202531816820.4%7.28%#189

What Investor Mortgage Finance lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 92 29% · 23.9% denied
Refinance 50 16% · 20.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 176 55% · 18.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 318 100% · 20.4% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Collateral 28 43%
Credit history 20 31%
Unverifiable information 15 23%
Incomplete application 2 3%

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: 318 applications in 2025, of which 168 were originated and 65 denied.

20.4% of all applications, or 27.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Investor Mortgage Finance originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 7.28%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Investor Mortgage Finance'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