Leader Bank · North Carolina · 2025

Leader Bank in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Leader Bank took 68 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #360 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 75.0% of them and denied 2.9% (3.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

68Applicationsin NC
3.6%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
6.49%Median ratestate 6.50%
$375,000Median loanstate $225,000
$20MVolume25 counties

Leader Bank in North Carolina vs the state

2.9%Denial rate-15.12 pts vs state
3.6%Decision denial rate-19.18 pts vs state
75.0%Origination rate+17.19 pts vs state
6.49%Median rate-0.01 pts vs state
-0.02Rate spread (pts)-0.11 pts vs state
$168kMedian applicant income
51Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202332203.1%6.43%#438
202458450.0%6.88%#367
202568512.9%6.49%#360

What Leader Bank lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 48 71% · 4.2% denied
Refinance 10 15% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 3 4% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 7 10% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 65 96% · 3.1% denied
FHA 1 1% · 0.0% denied
VA 2 3% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Collateral 2 100%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Leader Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Wake County 18130 0.0%
Mecklenburg County 951 11.1%
Durham County 530 0.0%
Buncombe County 550 0.0%
Brunswick County 530 0.0%
Chatham County 330 0.0%
Union County 320 0.0%
Dare County 220 0.0%
Pasquotank County 211 50.0%
Cumberland County 110 0.0%

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: 68 applications in 2025, of which 51 were originated and 2 denied.

2.9% of all applications, or 3.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Leader Bank originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 6.49%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Leader Bank'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