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Mortgage Equity Partners review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Mortgage Equity Partners earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 5.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 70th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.30 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 41st percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

2.0kApplications2025
80.9%Originatedof applications
5.5%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$628MLoan volume23 states

Mortgage Equity Partners at a glance, 2025

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

4.7%Denial rate (all applications)-13.26 pts vs national
5.5%Denial rate (decided applications)-17.11 pts vs national
80.9%Origination rate+22.87 pts vs national
3.7%Withdrawn by applicant
10.2%Closed for incompleteness
6.63%Median interest rate0.00 pts vs national
0.30Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.04 pts vs national
$355,000Median loan amount
$7,106Median total loan costs
$121kMedian applicant income
86%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B 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%

70th5.5% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

41st0.30 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

65th13.8%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

63rd2.00% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,6711,2667.2%8.6%6.75%$439M
20242,0841,5636.3%7.7%6.75%$560M
20251,9691,5934.7%5.5%6.63%$628M

What Mortgage Equity Partners 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 1,642 83% · 4.4% denied
Refinance 185 9% · 2.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 125 6% · 10.4% denied
Home improvement 17 1% · 17.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,492 76% · 3.8% denied
FHA 413 21% · 8.0% denied
VA 60 3% · 5.0% denied
USDA / RHS 4 0% · 25.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 24 manufactured homes, 117 investment properties.

Why Mortgage Equity Partners denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 93 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 33 35%
Collateral 19 20%
Other 16 17%
Insufficient cash 8 9%
Credit history 8 9%
Employment history 5 5%
Unverifiable information 4 4%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Mortgage Equity Partners

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k765412.9%
$50k – $100k6115007.5%
$100k – $150k5774674.5%
$150k – $250k4403684.2%
Over $250k2562022.4%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2579644.4%
25–345584505.4%
35–445394495.6%
45–543993255.8%
55–642601966.2%
65–74105884.4%
Over 7429210.0%

Where Mortgage Equity Partners lends

23 states and 167 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Massachusetts5204316.0%6.49%#84
Florida4693634.5%6.75%#246
Maryland2031626.9%6.63%#159
Connecticut1861572.2%6.50%#111
Rhode Island1641371.8%6.50%#57
South Carolina1491135.4%6.50%#210
New Hampshire112934.5%6.63%#80
Pennsylvania70610.0%6.63%#434
North Carolina26230.0%6.63%#483
Delaware15140.0%6.63%#200
Maine1080.0%6.56%#217
Virginia9622.2%6.75%#583
Alabama8412.5%6.81%#503
Georgia550.0%6.75%#758

Frequently asked questions

Mortgage Equity Partners denied 5.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 70th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Mortgage Equity Partners gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 35.5% 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 Mortgage Equity Partners originated in 2025 was 6.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.30 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 83% of its applications were for home purchases, 16% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 1% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 76% conventional, 21% FHA, 3% 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 Mortgage Equity Partners. Data sources · Methodology