Mortgage Research Center · Virginia · 2025

Mortgage Research Center in Virginia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Mortgage Research Center took 9,000 mortgage applications in Virginia in 2025, ranking #5 of 1,013 lenders active in the state. It originated 50.0% of them and denied 16.7% (24.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.9%.

9.0kApplicationsin VA
24.8%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.63%
$355,000Median loanstate $255,000
$1.8BVolume131 counties

Mortgage Research Center in Virginia vs the state

16.7%Denial rate+0.73 pts vs state
24.8%Decision denial rate+4.55 pts vs state
50.0%Origination rate-9.52 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.38 pts vs state
-0.27Rate spread (pts)-0.49 pts vs state
$107kMedian applicant income
4,500Loans originated
1,500Denied

Trend in Virginia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20235,8683,11713.7%6.75%#9
20247,2413,82514.3%6.50%#5
20259,0004,50016.7%6.25%#5

What Mortgage Research Center lends in Virginia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 5,352 59% · 5.7% denied
Refinance 2,034 23% · 28.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 1,614 18% · 38.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 471 5% · 25.5% denied
FHA 229 3% · 19.7% denied
VA 8,294 92% · 16.1% denied
USDA / RHS 6 0% · 50.0% denied

Why it denied Virginia applicants

Credit history 774 52%
Other 396 26%
Incomplete application 177 12%
Debt-to-income ratio 95 6%
Collateral 32 2%
Insufficient cash 15 1%
Employment history 11 1%

Where in Virginia

Counties with the most Mortgage Research Center applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Virginia Beach city 864447111 12.8%
Chesapeake city 728390101 13.9%
Norfolk city 712383111 15.6%
Hampton city 46426972 15.5%
Fairfax County 43418579 18.2%
Suffolk city 40322356 13.9%
Newport News city 39222151 13.0%
Portsmouth city 38921357 14.7%
Prince William County 36417562 17.0%
Chesterfield County 29012254 18.6%

Other large lenders in Virginia

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,39519.3%7.75%
Rocket MortgageC 19,27414.8%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 13,99410.4%6.12%
Truist BankC 11,83831.6%6.49%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 8,33410.7%6.38%
Freedom MortgageB 8,0296.5%6.25%
Bank of AmericaF 6,58431.9%6.24%
NewrezD 6,39016.4%6.38%
Movement MortgageA 6,1264.3%6.56%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 5,85040.0%9.25%

Frequently asked questions

Virginia: 9,000 applications in 2025, of which 4,500 were originated and 1,500 denied.

16.7% of all applications, or 24.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Virginia statewide average across all lenders was 15.9%.

The median rate on loans Mortgage Research Center originated in Virginia in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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