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Planet Home Lending review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Planet Home Lending earns a B, better than most large mortgage lenders. It turned down 17.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 48th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.09 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 81st percentile on pricing. Compared against 101 large mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

19kApplications2025
76.6%Originatedof applications
17.5%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.13%Median ratenational 6.63%
$4.6BLoan volume52 states

Planet Home Lending at a glance, 2025

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

16.6%Denial rate (all applications)-1.41 pts vs national
17.5%Denial rate (decided applications)-5.08 pts vs national
76.6%Origination rate+18.56 pts vs national
5.1%Withdrawn by applicant
0.2%Closed for incompleteness
6.13%Median interest rate-0.50 pts vs national
0.09Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.17 pts vs national
$275,000Median loan amount
$5,588Median total loan costs
$101kMedian applicant income
89%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B 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%

48th17.5% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

81st0.09 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

95th5.3%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

76th2.03% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20239,1216,15526.0%27.7%6.63%$1.8B
202414,01510,39620.7%21.5%6.25%$3.2B
202518,89114,46916.6%17.5%6.13%$4.6B

What Planet Home Lending 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 6,681 35% · 12.9% denied
Refinance 8,793 47% · 13.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 1,952 10% · 32.1% denied
Home improvement 383 2% · 36.8% denied
Other / HELOC 1,082 6% · 28.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 5,544 29% · 19.2% denied
FHA 7,702 41% · 16.9% denied
VA 5,496 29% · 13.5% denied
USDA / RHS 149 1% · 17.5% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 1,166 manufactured homes, 420 investment properties.

Why Planet Home Lending denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 3,131 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Incomplete application 1,707 55%
Credit history 417 13%
Collateral 329 11%
Debt-to-income ratio 293 9%
Other 286 9%
Unverifiable information 45 1%
Insufficient cash 34 1%
Employment history 20 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Planet Home Lending

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k96254137.1%
$50k – $100k4,3253,06822.6%
$100k – $150k2,9732,27417.4%
$150k – $250k1,8891,38719.1%
Over $250k68852416.0%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2568253016.3%
25–344,5023,59914.4%
35–445,0023,93116.2%
45–543,8972,93218.5%
55–642,9382,18219.4%
65–741,27688824.5%
Over 7459440723.9%

Where Planet Home Lending lends

52 states and 2,021 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas2,0021,59714.6%5.99%#97
Florida1,7391,20719.7%6.25%#104
Georgia1,4821,12515.5%6.00%#65
California1,3461,00417.5%5.99%#141
Pennsylvania78959719.8%6.38%#112
Louisiana74658515.4%6.38%#43
Virginia61449014.0%5.99%#99
North Carolina55141717.8%5.99%#131
Ohio54541719.1%6.13%#125
Colorado50139611.6%6.25%#104
Idaho4984116.4%6.50%#46
Alabama47938715.0%6.00%#84
Missouri47937618.4%5.99%#94
Arizona46235314.9%6.13%#118
Illinois43433018.9%6.25%#146
Wisconsin42133518.8%6.38%#95
Kansas4133489.7%6.38%#61
South Carolina39328518.6%5.99%#121
Washington38127817.6%5.99%#123
Tennessee37427817.9%5.99%#136
Mississippi36228813.0%6.25%#57
New York35229014.5%5.99%#163
Indiana33726615.7%5.99%#148
Kentucky32325517.0%6.25%#103
Michigan31524218.4%5.99%#167
Nevada27219122.1%5.99%#82
Maryland24117721.2%5.75%#143
New Jersey23417021.8%5.99%#185
Utah2191856.9%6.13%#94
Oklahoma21715523.5%5.99%#119
Minnesota2031699.4%6.38%#138
Arkansas19114020.9%5.99%#114
Oregon1178226.5%5.99%#158
West Virginia1017420.8%5.99%#96
New Mexico927119.6%5.99%#105
Nebraska896619.1%5.99%#111
Iowa866816.3%5.99%#160
Connecticut846519.1%5.99%#183
Massachusetts55489.1%5.50%#312
Delaware433116.3%6.25%#129
Hawaii372810.8%5.38%#104
Montana352914.3%5.99%#115
Wyoming342032.4%5.69%#84
South Dakota322715.6%6.25%#89
Alaska291837.9%5.50%#71
New Hampshire28237.1%5.75%#167
Maine272211.1%5.99%#153
Puerto Rico271133.3%6.25%#48
North Dakota261730.8%5.75%#94
Rhode Island171041.2%5.75%#156
District of Columbia14137.1%5.88%#158

Frequently asked questions

Planet Home Lending denied 17.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 48th percentile of large mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Planet Home Lending gave in 2025 was "incomplete application", cited on 54.5% 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 Planet Home Lending originated in 2025 was 6.13%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.09 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 35% of its applications were for home purchases, 57% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 8% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 29% conventional, 41% FHA, 29% 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 Planet Home Lending. Data sources · Methodology