Local Government · North Carolina · 2025

Local Government in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Local Government took 1,749 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #56 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 36.7% of them and denied 44.5% (54.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

1.7kApplicationsin NC
54.1%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
8.00%Median ratestate 6.50%
$55,000Median loanstate $225,000
$49MVolume93 counties

Local Government in North Carolina vs the state

44.5%Denial rate+26.48 pts vs state
54.1%Decision denial rate+31.31 pts vs state
36.7%Origination rate-21.10 pts vs state
8.00%Median rate+1.50 pts vs state
0.87Rate spread (pts)+0.78 pts vs state
$84kMedian applicant income
642Loans originated
779Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20236,0963,72223.3%5.50%#15
20243,3001,54534.7%8.75%#32
20251,74964244.5%8.00%#56

What Local Government lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 173 10% · 48.6% denied
Refinance 132 8% · 27.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 724 41% · 46.1% denied
Home improvement 320 18% · 35.0% denied
Other / HELOC 400 23% · 53.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,745 100% · 44.5% denied
USDA / RHS 4 0% · 75.0% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Credit history 594 76%
Debt-to-income ratio 147 19%
Collateral 20 3%
Other 9 1%
Incomplete application 6 1%
Employment history 2 0%
Unverifiable information 1 0%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Local Government applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Wake County 944530 31.9%
Mecklenburg County 903837 41.1%
Guilford County 601531 51.7%
Catawba County 592520 33.9%
Johnston County 592823 39.0%
Rowan County 581331 53.4%
Cabarrus County 531825 47.2%
Pitt County 531923 43.4%
Iredell County 471921 44.7%
Davidson County 461817 37.0%

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: 1,749 applications in 2025, of which 642 were originated and 779 denied.

44.5% of all applications, or 54.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Local Government originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 8.00%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Local Government'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