Kind Lending · North Carolina · 2025

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

Kind Lending took 702 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #112 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 59.8% of them and denied 26.8% (30.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

702Applicationsin NC
30.6%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.50%
$315,000Median loanstate $225,000
$140MVolume72 counties

Kind Lending in North Carolina vs the state

26.8%Denial rate+8.72 pts vs state
30.6%Decision denial rate+7.75 pts vs state
59.8%Origination rate+2.02 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
0.33Rate spread (pts)+0.24 pts vs state
$130kMedian applicant income
420Loans originated
188Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231287027.3%6.88%#255
202442727419.0%6.88%#140
202570242026.8%6.75%#112

What Kind Lending lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 507 72% · 23.9% denied
Refinance 89 13% · 34.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 69 10% · 34.8% denied
Home improvement 37 5% · 32.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 442 63% · 27.2% denied
FHA 168 24% · 29.2% denied
VA 81 12% · 22.2% denied
USDA / RHS 11 2% · 9.1% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Unverifiable information 58 31%
Other 37 20%
Collateral 37 20%
Insufficient cash 36 19%
Credit history 11 6%
Incomplete application 3 2%
Debt-to-income ratio 3 2%
Employment history 3 2%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Kind Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Mecklenburg County 1448140 27.8%
Wake County 844723 27.4%
Union County 402612 30.0%
Guilford County 32254 12.5%
Gaston County 271213 48.1%
Iredell County 26129 34.6%
Cabarrus County 25174 16.0%
Forsyth County 21191 4.8%
Harnett County 20136 30.0%
Onslow County 2097 35.0%

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: 702 applications in 2025, of which 420 were originated and 188 denied.

26.8% of all applications, or 30.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Kind Lending originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Kind Lending'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