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

Key Mortgage Services earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 3.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 84th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.29 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 43rd percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.9kApplications2025
78.3%Originatedof applications
3.3%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.75%Median ratenational 6.63%
$516MLoan volume15 states

Key Mortgage Services at a glance, 2025

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

2.9%Denial rate (all applications)-15.13 pts vs national
3.3%Denial rate (decided applications)-19.33 pts vs national
78.3%Origination rate+20.29 pts vs national
12.5%Withdrawn by applicant
0.1%Closed for incompleteness
6.75%Median interest rate+0.13 pts vs national
0.29Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.04 pts vs national
$305,000Median loan amount
$6,636Median total loan costs
$132kMedian applicant income
80%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A 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%

84th3.3% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

43rd0.29 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

72nd12.5%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

55th2.18% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,9041,4703.9%4.8%6.75%$373M
20242,0021,4473.8%4.5%6.88%$456M
20251,8591,4562.9%3.3%6.75%$516M

What Key Mortgage Services 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 1,698 91% · 3.0% denied
Refinance 138 7% · 0.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 18 1% · 5.6% denied
Home improvement 5 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,678 90% · 2.1% denied
FHA 140 8% · 12.1% denied
VA 41 2% · 2.4% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 70 investment properties.

Why Key Mortgage Services denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 53 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 14 26%
Credit history 11 21%
Collateral 11 21%
Other 10 19%
Employment history 6 11%
Unverifiable information 1 2%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Key Mortgage Services

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k45319.8%
$50k – $100k5443896.1%
$100k – $150k4863943.2%
$150k – $250k5114180.9%
Over $250k2702211.3%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2571550.0%
25–346555223.6%
35–445264213.2%
45–542842172.9%
55–641901323.7%
65–7498803.4%
Over 7435293.2%

Where Key Mortgage Services lends

15 states and 66 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Illinois1,7671,3822.9%6.75%#47
Wisconsin24160.0%6.63%#397
Indiana23200.0%6.50%#436
Florida12108.3%6.99%#869
Arizona1070.0%6.13%#507
Michigan660.0%6.69%#578
Washington650.0%6.63%#518

Frequently asked questions

Key Mortgage Services denied 3.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 84th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Key Mortgage Services gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 26.4% 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 Key Mortgage Services originated in 2025 was 6.75%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.29 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 91% of its applications were for home purchases, 8% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 90% conventional, 8% FHA, 2% 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 Key Mortgage Services. Data sources · Methodology