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LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 13.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 40th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.24 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 94th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

13kApplications2025
46.4%Originatedof applications
13.5%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.00%Median ratenational 6.63%
$2.7BLoan volume50 states

LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans at a glance, 2025

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

8.4%Denial rate (all applications)-9.59 pts vs national
13.5%Denial rate (decided applications)-9.14 pts vs national
46.4%Origination rate-11.68 pts vs national
19.4%Withdrawn by applicant
18.2%Closed for incompleteness
6.00%Median interest rate-0.63 pts vs national
-0.24Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.49 pts vs national
$425,000Median loan amount
$4,526Median total loan costs
$170kMedian applicant income
75%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B 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%

40th13.5% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

94th-0.24 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

4th37.6%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

90th1.06% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,0633775.7%11.3%6.50%$146M
20243,8841,7036.8%11.7%6.25%$781M
202512,5295,8078.4%13.5%6.00%$2.7B

What LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans 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 5,384 43% · 6.8% denied
Refinance 5,182 41% · 6.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 1,963 16% · 17.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 11,904 95% · 7.9% denied
FHA 445 4% · 20.9% denied
VA 180 1% · 8.3% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 2 manufactured homes, 786 investment properties.

Why LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 1,051 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 372 35%
Incomplete application 321 31%
Credit history 166 16%
Collateral 102 10%
Other 40 4%
Insufficient cash 25 2%
Unverifiable information 16 2%
Employment history 9 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k3007849.0%
$50k – $100k1,88179922.0%
$100k – $150k2,9011,35513.7%
$150k – $250k4,4612,2569.1%
Over $250k2,9341,29310.2%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 252209710.5%
25–344,0331,89310.2%
35–444,4012,08411.8%
45–542,04295916.5%
55–641,16951521.3%
65–7454021620.1%
Over 741244325.4%

Where LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans lends

50 states and 1,326 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
California1,2035379.8%6.00%#152
Texas1,1144359.6%6.12%#163
Florida69026312.3%6.04%#198
North Carolina6763185.8%6.12%#114
Georgia6282919.2%6.00%#133
Washington5723014.7%6.00%#93
New Jersey5112347.8%6.12%#115
Virginia4782337.5%6.00%#119
Illinois4201898.3%6.00%#147
Pennsylvania4151866.5%6.00%#180
Tennessee3491726.9%6.00%#147
Colorado3451955.8%6.00%#132
Ohio3431647.6%6.00%#181
Maryland3291537.3%6.00%#117
Massachusetts3271587.7%6.00%#113
South Carolina31614411.1%6.12%#134
Arizona2951429.5%6.00%#148
Indiana2791595.7%6.12%#166
Michigan2701266.7%6.12%#185
Minnesota2551229.0%6.00%#123
Missouri2551299.4%6.12%#154
Wisconsin2211286.3%6.00%#147
Oregon2041006.9%6.12%#117
Utah1931005.7%6.00%#100
Alabama1596512.0%6.00%#174
Connecticut1556911.0%6.09%#132
Kentucky1206010.8%6.00%#189
New Hampshire115605.2%6.09%#77
Arkansas1094111.9%6.00%#144
Nevada1034910.7%5.97%#142
Louisiana904212.2%6.00%#188
New Mexico884111.4%6.00%#107
Oklahoma87389.2%6.00%#206
Kansas85398.2%6.00%#180
Delaware79308.9%6.12%#93
Maine793911.4%6.00%#104
Montana763610.5%6.31%#71
Idaho71331.4%5.63%#139
Rhode Island58318.6%5.99%#90
District of Columbia54275.6%6.02%#70
West Virginia501710.0%6.20%#136
Hawaii461810.9%6.06%#94
Nebraska45222.2%5.87%#150
Mississippi411912.2%6.12%#187
Vermont391515.4%6.00%#62
Iowa361011.1%6.56%#255
South Dakota21139.5%6.25%#103
Wyoming1975.3%5.99%#112
North Dakota960.0%6.06%#131
Alaska710.0%6.39%#120

Frequently asked questions

LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans denied 13.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 40th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 35.4% 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 LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans originated in 2025 was 6.00%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.24 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 43% of its applications were for home purchases, 57% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 95% conventional, 4% FHA, 1% 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 LENOX FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Sage Home Loans. Data sources · Methodology