Mercantile Bank · Florida · 2025

Mercantile Bank in Florida: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Mercantile Bank took 15 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #824 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 80.0% of them and denied 13.3% (14.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

15Applicationsin FL
14.3%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
7.00%Median ratestate 6.63%
$545,000Median loanstate $255,000
$8.0MVolume8 counties

Mercantile Bank in Florida vs the state

13.3%Denial rate-7.73 pts vs state
14.3%Decision denial rate-12.95 pts vs state
80.0%Origination rate+27.31 pts vs state
7.00%Median rate+0.38 pts vs state
0.41Rate spread (pts)+0.15 pts vs state
$325kMedian applicant income
12Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023181111.1%7.75%#852
202415713.3%6.75%#835
2025151213.3%7.00%#824

What Mercantile Bank lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 13 87% · 15.4% denied
Refinance 1 7% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 7% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 15 100% · 13.3% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 1 50%
Collateral 1 50%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Mercantile Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Charlotte County 421 25.0%
Lee County 330 0.0%
Monroe County 220 0.0%
Walton County 220 0.0%
Pinellas County 110 0.0%
Sarasota County 101 100.0%
Sumter County 110 0.0%
Collier County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Florida

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 71,40515.3%6.44%
Rocket MortgageC 46,61121.0%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 23,63437.7%6.24%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 19,51614.1%6.50%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,45223.2%7.59%
Crosscountry MortgageB 19,1035.2%6.75%
NewrezD 17,51922.4%6.75%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 16,66114.5%4.88%
Lennar MortgageA 14,98421.0%4.75%
Truist BankC 14,14041.5%6.60%

Frequently asked questions

Florida: 15 applications in 2025, of which 12 were originated and 2 denied.

13.3% of all applications, or 14.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Mercantile Bank originated in Florida in 2025 was 7.00%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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