Member First Mortgage · North Carolina · 2025

Member First Mortgage in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Member First Mortgage took 42 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #422 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 31.0% of them and denied 21.4% (39.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

42Applicationsin NC
39.1%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.50%
$240,000Median loanstate $225,000
$3.4MVolume18 counties

Member First Mortgage in North Carolina vs the state

21.4%Denial rate+3.37 pts vs state
39.1%Decision denial rate+16.31 pts vs state
31.0%Origination rate-26.86 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
0.30Rate spread (pts)+0.21 pts vs state
$116kMedian applicant income
13Loans originated
9Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202314514.3%6.63%#562
202419231.6%6.81%#515
2025421321.4%6.75%#422

What Member First Mortgage lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 31 74% · 16.1% denied
Refinance 3 7% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 8 19% · 50.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 28 67% · 10.7% denied
FHA 14 33% · 42.9% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Credit history 5 56%
Debt-to-income ratio 4 44%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Member First Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Gaston County 1033 30.0%
Cleveland County 824 50.0%
Wake County 410 0.0%
Mecklenburg County 310 0.0%
Lincoln County 210 0.0%
Catawba County 200 0.0%
Guilford County 201 50.0%
Henderson County 101 100.0%
Brunswick County 110 0.0%
Randolph County 110 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: 42 applications in 2025, of which 13 were originated and 9 denied.

21.4% of all applications, or 39.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Member First Mortgage originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Member First Mortgage'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