Luminate Bank · North Carolina · 2025

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

Luminate Bank took 126 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #290 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 75.4% of them and denied 1.6% (2.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

126Applicationsin NC
2.1%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.50%
$425,000Median loanstate $225,000
$46MVolume35 counties

Luminate Bank in North Carolina vs the state

1.6%Denial rate-16.47 pts vs state
2.1%Decision denial rate-20.76 pts vs state
75.4%Origination rate+17.59 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.38 pts vs state
0.29Rate spread (pts)+0.21 pts vs state
$170kMedian applicant income
95Loans originated
2Denied

What Luminate Bank lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 86 68% · 2.3% denied
Refinance 27 21% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 13 10% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 103 82% · 1.9% denied
FHA 6 5% · 0.0% denied
VA 17 13% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 1 50%
Employment history 1 50%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Luminate Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
New Hanover County 30270 0.0%
Pender County 13110 0.0%
Brunswick County 13101 7.7%
Wake County 850 0.0%
Mecklenburg County 860 0.0%
Onslow County 650 0.0%
Johnston County 520 0.0%
Cumberland County 320 0.0%
Burke County 320 0.0%
Yancey County 210 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: 126 applications in 2025, of which 95 were originated and 2 denied.

1.6% of all applications, or 2.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Luminate Bank originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Luminate 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