Mortgage lender · Franklin, PA · LEI 549300IWSSP83SNIPE63

Patriot review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Patriot earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of home-equity (HELOC) lenders. It turned down 28.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 41st percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 2.21 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 95th percentile on pricing. Compared against 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.1kApplications2025
63.1%Originatedof applications
28.0%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
4.99%Median ratenational 6.63%
$78MLoan volume7 states

Patriot at a glance, 2025

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

25.4%Denial rate (all applications)+7.45 pts vs national
28.0%Denial rate (decided applications)+5.39 pts vs national
63.1%Origination rate+5.09 pts vs national
6.4%Withdrawn by applicant
2.7%Closed for incompleteness
4.99%Median interest rate-1.63 pts vs national
-2.21Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-2.46 pts vs national
$65,000Median loan amount
$99Median total loan costs
$99kMedian applicant income
64%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

41st28.0% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

95th-2.21 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

70th9.1%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

99th0.15% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202375445728.1%31.4%6.19%$55M
20241,16572125.7%28.8%5.99%$73M
20251,10970025.4%28.0%4.99%$78M

What Patriot 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 107 10% · 16.8% denied
Refinance 246 22% · 20.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 4 0% · 25.0% denied
Home improvement 493 44% · 24.1% denied
Other / HELOC 259 23% · 35.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,107 100% · 25.5% denied
USDA / RHS 2 0% · 0.0% denied

Also: 791 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 30 manufactured homes, 62 investment properties.

Why Patriot denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 282 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 147 52%
Debt-to-income ratio 55 20%
Other 49 17%
Collateral 29 10%
Incomplete application 1 0%
Unverifiable information 1 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Patriot

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1203069.3%
$50k – $100k40524531.8%
$100k – $150k27018719.4%
$150k – $250k21116114.3%
Over $250k383011.8%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–341206138.9%
35–4421713629.6%
45–5428017430.1%
55–6423415621.8%
65–7415210523.6%
Over 74563033.3%

Where Patriot lends

7 states and 35 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Pennsylvania75048024.9%4.99%#120
Maryland26916226.0%4.99%#133
West Virginia805230.0%4.99%#104
Virginia760.0%4.99%#618

Frequently asked questions

Patriot denied 28.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 41st percentile of home-equity (HELOC) lenders.

The most common reason Patriot gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 52.1% 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 Patriot originated in 2025 was 4.99%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -2.21 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 10% of its applications were for home purchases, 23% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 68% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% FHA, 0% 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 Patriot. Data sources · Methodology