Luminate Home Loans · California · 2025

Luminate Home Loans in California: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Luminate Home Loans took 84 mortgage applications in California in 2025, ranking #464 of 1,147 lenders active in the state. It originated 61.9% of them and denied 3.6% (5.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.4%.

84Applicationsin CA
5.4%Decision denial ratestate 22.4%
6.99%Median ratestate 6.63%
$505,000Median loanstate $385,000
$32MVolume22 counties

Luminate Home Loans in California vs the state

3.6%Denial rate-13.85 pts vs state
5.4%Decision denial rate-17.04 pts vs state
61.9%Origination rate+5.70 pts vs state
6.99%Median rate+0.37 pts vs state
0.38Rate spread (pts)+0.10 pts vs state
$188kMedian applicant income
52Loans originated
3Denied

Trend in California

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20239226341.8%6.99%#142
20249056462.3%6.88%#169
202584523.6%6.99%#464

What Luminate Home Loans lends in California

By loan purpose

Home purchase 59 70% · 5.1% denied
Refinance 18 21% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 7 8% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 68 81% · 2.9% denied
FHA 5 6% · 0.0% denied
VA 10 12% · 10.0% denied
USDA / RHS 1 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied California applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 1 33%
Other 1 33%
Collateral 1 33%

Where in California

Counties with the most Luminate Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
San Diego County 18132 11.1%
Humboldt County 13100 0.0%
Riverside County 960 0.0%
Los Angeles County 830 0.0%
Ventura County 410 0.0%
San Bernardino County 430 0.0%
Sacramento County 420 0.0%
Santa Clara County 420 0.0%
Yuba County 321 33.3%
Sutter County 310 0.0%

Other large lenders in California

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 79,26112.6%6.49%
Rocket MortgageC 58,92517.6%6.75%
Bank of AmericaF 40,19030.8%5.99%
U.S. BankD 32,49331.6%6.50%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 22,0489.7%6.13%
Spring EqD 21,60150.8%8.88%
SchoolsfirstA 19,08610.0%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 18,75413.5%6.50%
NewrezD 17,00019.3%6.63%
Loandepot.ComD 16,64518.7%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

California: 84 applications in 2025, of which 52 were originated and 3 denied.

3.6% of all applications, or 5.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The California statewide average across all lenders was 17.4%.

The median rate on loans Luminate Home Loans originated in California in 2025 was 6.99%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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