Planet Home Lending · Maryland · 2025

Planet Home Lending in Maryland: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Planet Home Lending took 241 mortgage applications in Maryland in 2025, ranking #143 of 810 lenders active in the state. It originated 73.4% of them and denied 21.2% (21.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

241Applicationsin MD
21.8%Decision denial ratestate 24.1%
5.75%Median ratestate 6.63%
$385,000Median loanstate $265,000
$74MVolume21 counties

Planet Home Lending in Maryland vs the state

21.2%Denial rate+2.36 pts vs state
21.8%Decision denial rate-2.34 pts vs state
73.4%Origination rate+17.73 pts vs state
5.75%Median rate-0.88 pts vs state
-0.13Rate spread (pts)-0.37 pts vs state
$127kMedian applicant income
177Loans originated
51Denied

Trend in Maryland

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231409027.9%6.38%#171
202418013618.9%6.13%#164
202524117721.2%5.75%#143

What Planet Home Lending lends in Maryland

By loan purpose

Home purchase 35 15% · 14.3% denied
Refinance 138 57% · 13.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 43 18% · 39.5% denied
Home improvement 2 1% · 100.0% denied
Other / HELOC 23 10% · 34.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 50 21% · 36.0% denied
FHA 102 42% · 20.6% denied
VA 89 37% · 13.5% denied

Why it denied Maryland applicants

Incomplete application 25 49%
Credit history 10 20%
Debt-to-income ratio 9 18%
Collateral 3 6%
Other 2 4%
Unverifiable information 1 2%
Employment history 1 2%

Where in Maryland

Counties with the most Planet Home Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Prince George's County 523912 23.1%
Anne Arundel County 29225 17.2%
Baltimore County 26204 15.4%
Charles County 20182 10.0%
Montgomery County 17125 29.4%
Washington County 15114 26.7%
Baltimore city 15104 26.7%
Howard County 1191 9.1%
Harford County 1045 50.0%
Calvert County 951 11.1%

Other large lenders in Maryland

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 12,80616.8%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 11,43623.0%8.00%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 9,30716.0%6.13%
Truist BankC 6,55934.9%6.49%
Bank of AmericaF 6,05135.8%6.24%
NewrezD 5,73921.0%6.63%
State Employees Credit Union of MarylandD 5,62444.6%6.25%
PNC BankD 5,58228.0%7.41%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 5,49732.0%5.99%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 5,41112.4%6.49%

Frequently asked questions

Maryland: 241 applications in 2025, of which 177 were originated and 51 denied.

21.2% of all applications, or 21.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Maryland statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Planet Home Lending originated in Maryland in 2025 was 5.75%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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