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Keystone Funding review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Keystone Funding earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 3.9% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 81st percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.15 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 70th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

4.5kApplications2025
83.0%Originatedof applications
3.9%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.49%Median ratenational 6.63%
$1.5BLoan volume27 states

Keystone Funding at a glance, 2025

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

3.9%Denial rate (all applications)-14.09 pts vs national
3.9%Denial rate (decided applications)-18.70 pts vs national
83.0%Origination rate+25.01 pts vs national
0.0%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
6.49%Median interest rate-0.13 pts vs national
0.15Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.10 pts vs national
$375,000Median loan amount
$9,083Median total loan costs
$125kMedian applicant income
88%Median loan-to-value
7High-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%

81st3.9% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

70th0.15 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

100th0.0%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

44th2.42% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20232,5591,8545.2%5.6%6.63%$683M
20243,3072,7155.3%5.3%6.63%$1.0B
20254,4933,7313.9%3.9%6.49%$1.5B

What Keystone Funding 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 3,785 84% · 3.8% denied
Refinance 448 10% · 3.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 260 6% · 6.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,992 67% · 2.8% denied
FHA 930 21% · 8.0% denied
VA 526 12% · 2.3% denied
USDA / RHS 45 1% · 11.1% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 69 manufactured homes, 111 investment properties.

Why Keystone Funding denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 175 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 68 39%
Collateral 35 20%
Credit history 30 17%
Unverifiable information 18 10%
Employment history 10 6%
Other 9 5%
Insufficient cash 4 2%
Incomplete application 1 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Keystone Funding

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1227914.8%
$50k – $100k1,4351,1735.6%
$100k – $150k1,2241,0372.7%
$150k – $250k1,2131,0202.1%
Over $250k4393802.7%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 252261885.3%
25–341,5791,3322.6%
35–441,2431,0404.5%
45–546825514.7%
55–644833915.2%
65–742111723.8%
Over 7469571.5%

Where Keystone Funding lends

27 states and 405 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Pennsylvania1,2101,0572.2%6.50%#78
Delaware6925864.5%6.25%#19
Colorado6094892.3%6.25%#93
New Jersey2281718.3%6.50%#188
Massachusetts2191934.6%6.49%#151
Maryland2171814.2%6.49%#153
Florida2151509.8%6.38%#356
New Hampshire2141892.8%6.50%#55
North Carolina2091762.4%6.25%#228
Virginia111971.8%6.50%#280
Georgia103808.7%6.25%#331
Oregon66580.0%6.49%#199
Alabama56427.1%6.44%#295
Connecticut50352.0%6.63%#220
Texas49382.0%6.38%#711
Arizona44320.0%6.50%#329
Tennessee35255.7%6.49%#460
Washington34258.8%6.63%#333
South Carolina332315.2%6.38%#392
Maine31276.5%6.38%#148
California21144.8%6.50%#633
North Dakota20195.0%6.25%#109
Idaho8712.5%6.50%#283
District of Columbia770.0%6.50%#221
Minnesota660.0%6.63%#540
Rhode Island5320.0%5.99%#254

Frequently asked questions

Keystone Funding denied 3.9% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 81st percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Keystone Funding gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 38.9% 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 Keystone Funding originated in 2025 was 6.49%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.15 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 84% of its applications were for home purchases, 16% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 67% conventional, 21% FHA, 12% 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 Keystone Funding. Data sources · Methodology