Lower · Delaware · 2025

Lower in Delaware: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Lower took 149 mortgage applications in Delaware in 2025, ranking #63 of 540 lenders active in the state. It originated 47.7% of them and denied 19.5% (28.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

149Applicationsin DE
28.7%Decision denial ratestate 22.7%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$315,000Median loanstate $245,000
$23MVolume3 counties

Lower in Delaware vs the state

19.5%Denial rate+1.30 pts vs state
28.7%Decision denial rate+5.98 pts vs state
47.7%Origination rate-11.54 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.38Rate spread (pts)+0.11 pts vs state
$83kMedian applicant income
71Loans originated
29Denied

Trend in Delaware

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231058010.5%6.75%#80
2024107689.4%6.88%#74
20251497119.5%6.50%#63

What Lower lends in Delaware

By loan purpose

Home purchase 51 34% · 13.7% denied
Refinance 23 15% · 21.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 75 50% · 22.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 35 23% · 11.4% denied
FHA 73 49% · 26.0% denied
VA 41 28% · 14.6% denied

Why it denied Delaware applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 9 31%
Credit history 9 31%
Collateral 8 28%
Other 1 3%
Insufficient cash 1 3%
Unverifiable information 1 3%

Where in Delaware

Counties with the most Lower applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Kent County 693515 21.7%
Sussex County 45226 13.3%
New Castle County 35148 22.9%

Other large lenders in Delaware

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 2,38115.5%6.88%
Wilmington Savings Fund SocietyB 1,80116.6%7.25%
Citizens BankC 1,63329.3%7.65%
PNC BankD 1,49225.1%7.50%
NVR Mortgage FinanceB 1,41418.7%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 1,40813.0%6.13%
Pike Creek Mortgage ServicesB 1,3832.2%6.38%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 1,33732.5%5.99%
NewrezD 1,12718.4%6.50%
Del-One Federal Credit UnionD 1,07041.3%7.00%

Frequently asked questions

Delaware: 149 applications in 2025, of which 71 were originated and 29 denied.

19.5% of all applications, or 28.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Delaware statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans Lower originated in Delaware in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Lower's own HMDA filing for properties located in Delaware, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology