Planet Home Lending · Michigan · 2025

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

Planet Home Lending took 315 mortgage applications in Michigan in 2025, ranking #167 of 973 lenders active in the state. It originated 76.8% of them and denied 18.4% (18.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.5%.

315Applicationsin MI
18.8%Decision denial ratestate 22.6%
5.99%Median ratestate 6.75%
$205,000Median loanstate $155,000
$54MVolume59 counties

Planet Home Lending in Michigan vs the state

18.4%Denial rate-0.11 pts vs state
18.8%Decision denial rate-3.75 pts vs state
76.8%Origination rate+16.94 pts vs state
5.99%Median rate-0.76 pts vs state
0.09Rate spread (pts)-0.31 pts vs state
$94kMedian applicant income
242Loans originated
58Denied

Trend in Michigan

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231579730.6%6.63%#213
202425618722.3%6.25%#181
202531524218.4%5.99%#167

What Planet Home Lending lends in Michigan

By loan purpose

Home purchase 41 13% · 14.6% denied
Refinance 206 65% · 14.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 42 13% · 31.0% denied
Home improvement 4 1% · 50.0% denied
Other / HELOC 22 7% · 36.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 63 20% · 25.4% denied
FHA 143 45% · 21.0% denied
VA 109 35% · 11.0% denied

Why it denied Michigan applicants

Incomplete application 26 45%
Credit history 14 24%
Collateral 9 16%
Other 6 10%
Debt-to-income ratio 3 5%

Where in Michigan

Counties with the most Planet Home Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Wayne County 40308 20.0%
Oakland County 28208 28.6%
Macomb County 26224 15.4%
Genesee County 23185 21.7%
Kent County 13103 23.1%
Ottawa County 13102 15.4%
Saginaw County 1090 0.0%
Livingston County 953 33.3%
Muskegon County 972 22.2%
Washtenaw County 853 37.5%

Other large lenders in Michigan

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 30,64416.3%6.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 29,33011.7%6.60%
The Huntington National BankD 20,04730.0%7.49%
Lake Michigan Credit UnionA 16,6625.6%6.75%
Fifth Third BankD 11,17626.4%7.50%
21st MortgageF 7,42453.4%11.04%
Citizens BankC 6,59229.0%7.65%
Triad Financial ServicesD 6,42656.1%8.49%
Union Home MortgageB 5,3034.3%6.75%
PNC BankD 5,16126.3%7.36%

Frequently asked questions

Michigan: 315 applications in 2025, of which 242 were originated and 58 denied.

18.4% of all applications, or 18.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Michigan statewide average across all lenders was 18.5%.

The median rate on loans Planet Home Lending originated in Michigan in 2025 was 5.99%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

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