Mortgage lender · Indianapolis, IN · LEI 254900F3ZV3WV1ADSM47

Mjw Financial review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Mjw Financial earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 2.9% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 89th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.26 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 48th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.6kApplications2025
75.0%Originatedof applications
2.9%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.62%Median ratenational 6.63%
$376MLoan volume6 states

Mjw Financial at a glance, 2025

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

2.2%Denial rate (all applications)-15.76 pts vs national
2.9%Denial rate (decided applications)-19.72 pts vs national
75.0%Origination rate+16.99 pts vs national
22.1%Withdrawn by applicant
0.6%Closed for incompleteness
6.62%Median interest rate0.00 pts vs national
0.26Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.01 pts vs national
$275,000Median loan amount
$3,681Median total loan costs
$105kMedian applicant income
85%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%

89th2.9% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

48th0.26 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

25th22.7%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

85th1.34% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,5911,1771.5%2.0%6.99%$318M
20241,6771,2712.0%2.5%6.75%$373M
20251,6251,2192.2%2.9%6.62%$376M

What Mjw 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 1,285 79% · 2.6% denied
Refinance 246 15% · 1.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 70 4% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 4 0% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 20 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,181 73% · 1.4% denied
FHA 324 20% · 4.6% denied
VA 104 6% · 3.9% denied
USDA / RHS 16 1% · 6.3% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 12 manufactured homes, 80 investment properties.

Why Mjw Financial denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 36 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 13 36%
Employment history 8 22%
Collateral 6 17%
Other 4 11%
Credit history 2 6%
Unverifiable information 2 6%
Insufficient cash 1 3%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Mjw Financial

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1318610.4%
$50k – $100k6064533.4%
$100k – $150k3562731.8%
$150k – $250k3412631.5%
Over $250k1561200.8%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 25109815.8%
25–346094761.7%
35–444623443.1%
45–542121484.5%
55–641501064.5%
65–7461460.0%
Over 7422180.0%

Where Mjw Financial lends

6 states and 63 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Indiana1,6101,2092.2%6.62%#53

Frequently asked questions

Mjw Financial denied 2.9% 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 Mjw Financial gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 36.1% 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 Mjw Financial originated in 2025 was 6.62%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.26 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 79% of its applications were for home purchases, 19% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 1% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 73% conventional, 20% FHA, 6% 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 Mjw Financial. Data sources · Methodology