Mortgage lender · Mahwah, NJ · LEI 549300MHH03ICJYEPE85

Longbridge Financial review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Longbridge Financial earns an F, in the bottom tier of reverse-mortgage lenders. It turned down 13.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 14th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 8 reverse-mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

8.2kApplications2025
62.5%Originatedof applications
13.4%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.25%Median ratenational 6.63%
$1.6BLoan volume51 states

Longbridge Financial at a glance, 2025

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

10.9%Denial rate (all applications)-7.13 pts vs national
13.4%Denial rate (decided applications)-9.23 pts vs national
62.5%Origination rate+4.51 pts vs national
7.9%Withdrawn by applicant
10.9%Closed for incompleteness
6.25%Median interest rate-0.38 pts vs national
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$215,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$34kMedian applicant income
48%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the F grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 8 reverse-mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

14th13.4% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

29th18.8%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20234,9703,25114.2%16.6%7.53%$919M
20245,9883,84913.4%16.1%7.08%$1.2B
20258,1875,12010.9%13.4%6.25%$1.6B

What Longbridge Financial 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 267 3% · 3.8% denied
Refinance 5,559 68% · 9.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 151 2% · 13.3% denied
Home improvement 432 5% · 11.3% denied
Other / HELOC 1,778 22% · 14.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,906 23% · 16.6% denied
FHA 6,281 77% · 9.1% denied

Also: 6,967 home-equity lines, 7,927 reverse mortgages, 280 manufactured homes, 0 investment properties.

Why Longbridge Financial denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 888 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Other 243 27%
Insufficient cash 217 24%
Collateral 188 21%
Debt-to-income ratio 94 11%
Incomplete application 85 10%
Unverifiable information 32 4%
Credit history 28 3%
Employment history 1 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Longbridge Financial

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k5,9963,75212.9%
$50k – $100k1,6401,06612.5%
$100k – $150k23012421.9%
$150k – $250k793330.8%
Over $250k411245.2%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
55–6484248317.5%
65–743,6022,22113.6%
Over 743,7432,41612.2%

Where Longbridge Financial lends

51 states and 1,352 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
California1,5911,0409.1%6.63%#125
Florida73939616.0%6.25%#192
Texas5593159.3%6.13%#242
New York3352358.1%6.38%#168
Arizona31322010.5%6.25%#145
Massachusetts28519113.0%6.50%#120
Utah2541937.5%6.00%#88
Tennessee2451794.9%5.88%#186
Colorado23716611.0%6.25%#164
North Carolina23614711.0%6.13%#217
Washington23414413.7%6.38%#175
Pennsylvania22113511.8%6.13%#259
New Jersey2041387.4%6.38%#196
Georgia20311512.3%6.25%#248
Michigan19712015.2%6.13%#210
Oregon19010715.3%6.38%#122
Virginia1751218.0%6.13%#219
Nevada16410011.6%6.13%#115
Ohio1497616.8%6.00%#274
South Carolina1277611.0%6.00%#230
Illinois1155815.7%6.13%#323
Maryland106764.7%6.00%#222
Indiana985610.2%6.13%#271
Missouri895211.2%6.13%#281
Connecticut825218.3%6.19%#187
Idaho764711.8%6.38%#132
Alabama723213.9%6.13%#264
New Mexico69461.5%6.25%#124
Hawaii674211.9%8.99%#77
New Hampshire67523.0%6.25%#104
Maine643412.5%5.81%#114
Kentucky63434.8%6.25%#246
Wisconsin633317.5%6.00%#307
Oklahoma593113.6%5.88%#240
Minnesota58453.5%5.88%#274
Arkansas512315.7%6.13%#207
Montana472410.6%6.44%#104
Louisiana462117.4%6.00%#255
Kansas33209.1%5.88%#263
Rhode Island331712.1%6.50%#124
Delaware301816.7%6.13%#153
Mississippi301210.0%5.94%#205
District of Columbia18120.0%6.31%#137
Nebraska18125.6%6.13%#213
Iowa171117.7%5.88%#312
West Virginia17717.7%6.13%#209
Vermont1270.0%6.00%#102
Wyoming1298.3%6.00%#132
Alaska980.0%6.13%#106
South Dakota530.0%6.13%#168

Frequently asked questions

Longbridge Financial denied 13.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 14th percentile of reverse-mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Longbridge Financial gave in 2025 was "other", cited on 27.4% 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 Longbridge Financial originated in 2025 was 6.25%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.00 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 3% of its applications were for home purchases, 70% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 27% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 23% conventional, 77% FHA, 0% 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 Longbridge Financial. Data sources · Methodology