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Pike Creek Mortgage Services review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Pike Creek Mortgage Services earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 4.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 79th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.22 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 57th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

3.8kApplications2025
77.1%Originatedof applications
4.1%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.38%Median ratenational 6.63%
$1.0BLoan volume29 states

Pike Creek Mortgage Services at a glance, 2025

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

3.3%Denial rate (all applications)-14.71 pts vs national
4.1%Denial rate (decided applications)-18.52 pts vs national
77.1%Origination rate+19.11 pts vs national
18.9%Withdrawn by applicant
0.6%Closed for incompleteness
6.38%Median interest rate-0.25 pts vs national
0.22Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.04 pts vs national
$305,000Median loan amount
$7,370Median total loan costs
$112kMedian applicant income
87%Median loan-to-value
2High-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%

79th4.1% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

57th0.22 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

37th19.5%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

44th2.42% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,3661,1034.8%5.7%6.75%$338M
20241,4901,2244.3%5.0%6.63%$394M
20253,7572,8983.3%4.1%6.38%$1.0B

What Pike Creek Mortgage Services 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 3,207 85% · 3.3% denied
Refinance 320 9% · 1.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 160 4% · 5.6% denied
Other / HELOC 70 2% · 1.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,509 67% · 2.6% denied
FHA 924 25% · 5.4% denied
VA 242 6% · 2.1% denied
USDA / RHS 82 2% · 2.4% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 37 manufactured homes, 214 investment properties.

Why Pike Creek Mortgage Services denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 123 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Unverifiable information 53 43%
Debt-to-income ratio 40 33%
Credit history 10 8%
Employment history 6 5%
Other 6 5%
Collateral 5 4%
Insufficient cash 3 2%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Pike Creek Mortgage Services

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k22114115.1%
$50k – $100k1,3431,0643.8%
$100k – $150k9027013.0%
$150k – $250k8326513.3%
Over $250k3992962.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 252461921.5%
25–341,1909294.3%
35–449827484.1%
45–546134684.5%
55–644323324.9%
65–742301792.7%
Over 7464503.9%

Where Pike Creek Mortgage Services lends

29 states and 428 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Delaware1,3831,1762.2%6.38%#7
Kentucky3772733.2%6.50%#92
Texas3482733.5%6.25%#317
New York21111410.9%6.50%#200
Pennsylvania1761362.8%6.50%#297
Colorado1391051.4%6.38%#204
Indiana137992.2%6.25%#238
U.S. Virgin Islands113842.7%7.25%#1
California104752.9%6.49%#437
Maryland99835.1%6.62%#230
Florida95644.2%6.31%#493
South Carolina95692.1%6.13%#264
North Carolina94701.1%6.50%#330
Illinois68465.9%6.63%#410
New Jersey66453.0%6.38%#317
Virginia56460.0%6.25%#362
Ohio36292.8%6.13%#447
Alabama34232.9%5.99%#349
Michigan24164.2%6.31%#415
North Dakota21174.8%5.99%#106
Louisiana20155.0%6.38%#312
Minnesota17130.0%6.13%#410
Tennessee1590.0%6.63%#575
Washington990.0%6.38%#467

Frequently asked questions

Pike Creek Mortgage Services denied 4.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 79th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Pike Creek Mortgage Services gave in 2025 was "unverifiable information", cited on 43.1% 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 Pike Creek Mortgage Services originated in 2025 was 6.38%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.22 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 85% of its applications were for home purchases, 13% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 2% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 67% conventional, 25% 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 Pike Creek Mortgage Services. Data sources · Methodology