Mortgage lender · West Palm Beach, FL · LEI 549300SUCQ1358EGVE89

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

New Day Financial earns an F, in the bottom tier of large mortgage lenders. It turned down 54.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 9th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.77 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 14th percentile on pricing. Compared against 101 large mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

45kApplications2025
18.5%Originatedof applications
54.3%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.99%Median ratenational 6.63%
$2.4BLoan volume44 states

New Day Financial at a glance, 2025

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

23.9%Denial rate (all applications)+5.95 pts vs national
54.3%Denial rate (decided applications)+31.66 pts vs national
18.5%Origination rate-39.56 pts vs national
45.8%Withdrawn by applicant
10.1%Closed for incompleteness
6.99%Median interest rate+0.37 pts vs national
0.77Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.51 pts vs national
$275,000Median loan amount
$10,980Median total loan costs
$76kMedian applicant income
94%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the F grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 101 large mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

9th54.3% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

14th0.77 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

1st55.9%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

11th3.99% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202333,4095,67025.0%54.2%7.49%$1.5B
202443,9557,18725.5%58.5%7.63%$1.9B
202545,4548,39523.9%54.3%6.99%$2.4B

What New Day 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 829 2% · 4.3% denied
Refinance 5,018 11% · 4.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 38,355 84% · 26.4% denied
Other / HELOC 1,252 3% · 40.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 20 0% · 5.0% denied
FHA 1,759 4% · 46.7% denied
VA 43,675 96% · 23.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 194 manufactured homes, 3 investment properties.

Why New Day Financial denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 10,877 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 5,823 54%
Debt-to-income ratio 3,653 34%
Other 744 7%
Collateral 613 6%
Unverifiable information 25 0%
Employment history 19 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at New Day Financial

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k7,74070382.7%
$50k – $100k21,0063,58955.3%
$100k – $150k7,8241,34649.4%
$150k – $250k3,34957444.1%
Over $250k6327949.2%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2587485.2%
25–348867369.8%
35–442,71338762.8%
45–544,51489152.9%
55–649,2381,91350.1%
65–7412,9872,56153.6%
Over 7415,0292,56655.7%

Where New Day Financial lends

44 states and 2,337 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Florida5,18380523.8%6.99%#42
Georgia3,04054223.1%6.99%#37
North Carolina2,85554824.2%6.99%#34
California2,32226629.6%6.99%#89
Ohio2,16645224.0%6.99%#44
Pennsylvania1,99536725.9%6.99%#51
South Carolina1,91733022.9%6.99%#29
Virginia1,89337224.7%6.99%#44
Alabama1,80539320.2%6.99%#27
Tennessee1,58632521.5%6.99%#48
Michigan1,45031125.4%6.88%#57
Indiana1,40329023.6%6.99%#60
Arizona1,35421923.2%6.75%#50
Missouri1,32630422.6%6.99%#39
Oklahoma1,07621721.8%6.99%#31
Kentucky97421224.5%6.99%#43
Mississippi96621920.7%6.99%#27
Maryland96213626.2%6.81%#57
Arkansas94319921.7%6.99%#32
Illinois89416626.7%6.99%#85
Louisiana83713127.4%6.99%#38
New Jersey78014923.9%6.88%#80
Nevada7588327.6%6.75%#43
Washington72412224.7%6.88%#78
Wisconsin71815024.9%6.99%#71
Colorado65410925.7%6.87%#87
Minnesota60912020.9%6.99%#68
Iowa5029824.3%6.99%#44
Kansas4759023.0%6.93%#57
Oregon4667521.7%6.75%#67
New Mexico4239418.4%6.75%#45
Idaho3396218.6%6.99%#67
Maine2947724.8%6.99%#53
Nebraska2895723.5%6.99%#59
Connecticut2624326.0%6.87%#84
Delaware2384427.3%6.87%#51
Montana2154219.1%6.75%#47
New Hampshire1693520.7%6.74%#64
Wyoming1583424.7%6.87%#42
South Dakota1353923.7%6.88%#47
Alaska1183114.4%6.99%#39
Hawaii95631.6%6.62%#62
Texas652913.9%6.49%#653
District of Columbia21219.1%7.12%#116

Frequently asked questions

New Day Financial denied 54.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 9th percentile of large mortgage lenders.

The most common reason New Day Financial gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 53.5% 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 New Day Financial originated in 2025 was 6.99%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.77 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 2% of its applications were for home purchases, 95% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 3% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 0% conventional, 4% FHA, 96% 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 New Day Financial. Data sources · Methodology