Mortgage lender · Columbus, OH · LEI 549300PXL1KA5TOL2O82

M/i Financial review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

M/i Financial earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 2.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 89th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.74 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 98th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

8.5kApplications2025
82.4%Originatedof applications
2.8%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
5.88%Median ratenational 6.63%
$2.9BLoan volume10 states

M/i Financial at a glance, 2025

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

2.7%Denial rate (all applications)-15.26 pts vs national
2.8%Denial rate (decided applications)-19.75 pts vs national
82.4%Origination rate+24.35 pts vs national
3.1%Withdrawn by applicant
1.1%Closed for incompleteness
5.88%Median interest rate-0.75 pts vs national
-0.74Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.99 pts vs national
$395,000Median loan amount
$13,325Median total loan costs
$140kMedian applicant income
90%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

89th2.8% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

98th-0.74 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

95th4.2%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

16th3.37% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20237,3195,2872.3%2.4%6.13%$2.1B
20248,4236,5572.8%2.9%6.13%$2.6B
20258,5017,0032.7%2.8%5.88%$2.9B

What M/i 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 8,500 100% · 2.7% denied
Refinance 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 4,886 57% · 1.5% denied
FHA 2,723 32% · 5.0% denied
VA 889 10% · 2.1% denied
USDA / RHS 3 0% · 33.3% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 249 investment properties.

Why M/i Financial denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 231 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 143 62%
Unverifiable information 33 14%
Other 23 10%
Credit history 19 8%
Employment history 8 3%
Insufficient cash 5 2%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at M/i Financial

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k965525.3%
$50k – $100k1,8761,5055.9%
$100k – $150k2,7572,3212.4%
$150k – $250k2,7892,3481.1%
Over $250k9797740.8%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 252722342.3%
25–342,5492,1892.9%
35–442,6642,1783.3%
45–541,5741,3012.7%
55–648967002.6%
65–744303221.2%
Over 74116791.9%

Where M/i Financial lends

10 states and 79 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas2,5342,1293.4%4.88%#78
Florida1,5181,2233.2%5.50%#111
Ohio1,3651,0881.2%5.88%#68
North Carolina8147230.4%5.88%#96
Illinois7265663.7%5.88%#101
Minnesota6615710.9%5.88%#66
Indiana5354377.1%5.38%#112
Michigan2431852.1%5.88%#191
Tennessee98743.1%5.19%#327
South Carolina770.0%4.88%#596

Frequently asked questions

M/i Financial denied 2.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 89th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason M/i Financial gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 61.9% 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 M/i Financial originated in 2025 was 5.88%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.74 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 100% of its applications were for home purchases, 0% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 57% conventional, 32% FHA, 10% 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 M/i Financial. Data sources · Methodology