Kind Lending · Florida · 2025

Kind Lending in Florida: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Kind Lending took 4,458 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #48 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 59.7% of them and denied 28.4% (32.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

4.5kApplicationsin FL
32.0%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$335,000Median loanstate $255,000
$991MVolume61 counties

Kind Lending in Florida vs the state

28.4%Denial rate+7.38 pts vs state
32.0%Decision denial rate+4.80 pts vs state
59.7%Origination rate+7.02 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.39Rate spread (pts)+0.12 pts vs state
$122kMedian applicant income
2,662Loans originated
1,268Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,63991828.7%6.75%#97
20242,8041,62428.3%6.63%#67
20254,4582,66228.4%6.63%#48

What Kind Lending lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 3,275 73% · 24.3% denied
Refinance 294 7% · 36.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 566 13% · 41.3% denied
Home improvement 298 7% · 39.6% denied
Other / HELOC 25 1% · 52.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,742 62% · 31.0% denied
FHA 1,271 29% · 26.0% denied
VA 431 10% · 19.7% denied
USDA / RHS 14 0% · 28.6% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Unverifiable information 354 28%
Other 296 23%
Collateral 259 20%
Insufficient cash 201 16%
Credit history 106 8%
Employment history 28 2%
Incomplete application 19 1%
Mortgage insurance denied 4 0%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 0%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Kind Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Miami-Dade County 423228159 37.6%
Broward County 372205122 32.8%
Hillsborough County 30619188 28.8%
Palm Beach County 28316182 29.0%
Lee County 28218572 25.5%
Pinellas County 25515371 27.8%
Orange County 22712965 28.6%
Polk County 18710358 31.0%
Duval County 16710640 24.0%
Pasco County 16610541 24.7%

Other large lenders in Florida

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 71,40515.3%6.44%
Rocket MortgageC 46,61121.0%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 23,63437.7%6.24%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 19,51614.1%6.50%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,45223.2%7.59%
Crosscountry MortgageB 19,1035.2%6.75%
NewrezD 17,51922.4%6.75%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 16,66114.5%4.88%
Lennar MortgageA 14,98421.0%4.75%
Truist BankC 14,14041.5%6.60%

Frequently asked questions

Florida: 4,458 applications in 2025, of which 2,662 were originated and 1,268 denied.

28.4% of all applications, or 32.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Kind Lending originated in Florida in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Kind Lending's own HMDA filing for properties located in Florida, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology