Luxury Mortgage · California · 2025

Luxury Mortgage in California: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Luxury Mortgage took 519 mortgage applications in California in 2025, ranking #258 of 1,147 lenders active in the state. It originated 58.2% of them and denied 10.2% (14.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.4%.

519Applicationsin CA
14.7%Decision denial ratestate 22.4%
7.13%Median ratestate 6.63%
$885,000Median loanstate $385,000
$309MVolume33 counties

Luxury Mortgage in California vs the state

10.2%Denial rate-7.21 pts vs state
14.7%Decision denial rate-7.68 pts vs state
58.2%Origination rate+1.99 pts vs state
7.13%Median rate+0.50 pts vs state
0.65Rate spread (pts)+0.38 pts vs state
$388kMedian applicant income
302Loans originated
53Denied

Trend in California

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231439011.2%7.88%#376
20243962519.1%7.38%#271
202551930210.2%7.13%#258

What Luxury Mortgage lends in California

By loan purpose

Home purchase 232 45% · 8.6% denied
Refinance 110 21% · 10.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 140 27% · 10.0% denied
Home improvement 4 1% · 25.0% denied
Other / HELOC 33 6% · 18.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 519 100% · 10.2% denied

Why it denied California applicants

Other 14 26%
Debt-to-income ratio 11 21%
Credit history 11 21%
Collateral 10 19%
Unverifiable information 3 6%
Incomplete application 2 4%
Insufficient cash 1 2%
Employment history 1 2%

Where in California

Counties with the most Luxury Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Los Angeles County 20412120 9.8%
San Diego County 69391 1.4%
Orange County 39254 10.3%
Riverside County 29211 3.4%
Fresno County 1892 11.1%
San Francisco County 1341 7.7%
Marin County 1382 15.4%
Sacramento County 1381 7.7%
San Bernardino County 1282 16.7%
Alameda County 1235 41.7%

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: 519 applications in 2025, of which 302 were originated and 53 denied.

10.2% of all applications, or 14.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The California statewide average across all lenders was 17.4%.

The median rate on loans Luxury Mortgage originated in California in 2025 was 7.13%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Luxury Mortgage'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