Kind Lending · Hawaii · 2025

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

Kind Lending took 268 mortgage applications in Hawaii in 2025, ranking #25 of 321 lenders active in the state. It originated 61.9% of them and denied 28.7% (31.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.8%.

268Applicationsin HI
31.3%Decision denial ratestate 27.3%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.15%
$600,000Median loanstate $405,000
$110MVolume4 counties

Kind Lending in Hawaii vs the state

28.7%Denial rate+6.90 pts vs state
31.3%Decision denial rate+3.99 pts vs state
61.9%Origination rate+6.57 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.47 pts vs state
0.13Rate spread (pts)+0.38 pts vs state
$172kMedian applicant income
166Loans originated
77Denied

Trend in Hawaii

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202319912526.6%6.13%#29
202427316730.8%6.63%#20
202526816628.7%6.63%#25

What Kind Lending lends in Hawaii

By loan purpose

Home purchase 185 69% · 23.2% denied
Refinance 28 10% · 35.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 35 13% · 34.3% denied
Home improvement 19 7% · 63.2% denied
Other / HELOC 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 198 74% · 30.3% denied
FHA 24 9% · 20.8% denied
VA 41 15% · 26.8% denied
USDA / RHS 5 2% · 20.0% denied

Why it denied Hawaii applicants

Other 20 26%
Collateral 20 26%
Unverifiable information 18 23%
Insufficient cash 9 12%
Credit history 6 8%
Incomplete application 3 4%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in Hawaii

Counties with the most Kind Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Honolulu County 1588756 35.4%
Hawaii County 594213 22.0%
Maui County 35247 20.0%
Kauai County 16131 6.3%

Other large lenders in Hawaii

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Bank of HawaiiC 3,67927.8%6.00%
First Hawaiian BankB 2,74019.4%5.87%
American Savings BankC 2,47934.5%5.65%
Hawaiiusa Federal Credit UnionC 1,83338.1%5.65%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 1,71011.1%6.13%
Rocket MortgageC 1,63722.4%6.63%
Central Pacific BankC 1,51933.6%6.13%
Hawaii State Federal Credit UnionC 1,41830.0%5.90%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 98530.2%8.10%
Freedom MortgageB 92410.8%5.75%

Frequently asked questions

Hawaii: 268 applications in 2025, of which 166 were originated and 77 denied.

28.7% of all applications, or 31.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Hawaii statewide average across all lenders was 21.8%.

The median rate on loans Kind Lending originated in Hawaii in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.15%.

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