Planet Home Lending · Missouri · 2025

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

Planet Home Lending took 479 mortgage applications in Missouri in 2025, ranking #94 of 1,023 lenders active in the state. It originated 78.5% of them and denied 18.4% (18.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.1%.

479Applicationsin MO
18.7%Decision denial ratestate 18.7%
5.99%Median ratestate 6.63%
$225,000Median loanstate $175,000
$90MVolume77 counties

Planet Home Lending in Missouri vs the state

18.4%Denial rate+3.30 pts vs state
18.7%Decision denial rate-0.02 pts vs state
78.5%Origination rate+15.84 pts vs state
5.99%Median rate-0.63 pts vs state
0.14Rate spread (pts)-0.21 pts vs state
$82kMedian applicant income
376Loans originated
88Denied

Trend in Missouri

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202319813228.3%6.50%#154
202433225317.5%6.25%#119
202547937618.4%5.99%#94

What Planet Home Lending lends in Missouri

By loan purpose

Home purchase 100 21% · 20.0% denied
Refinance 275 57% · 14.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 55 11% · 23.6% denied
Home improvement 13 3% · 23.1% denied
Other / HELOC 36 8% · 33.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 73 15% · 28.8% denied
FHA 229 48% · 15.3% denied
VA 163 34% · 14.7% denied
USDA / RHS 14 3% · 57.1% denied

Why it denied Missouri applicants

Incomplete application 49 56%
Collateral 13 15%
Credit history 11 13%
Other 8 9%
Debt-to-income ratio 5 6%
Unverifiable information 1 1%
Insufficient cash 1 1%

Where in Missouri

Counties with the most Planet Home Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
St. Louis County 483511 22.9%
Jackson County 43385 11.6%
Jefferson County 31274 12.9%
St. Charles County 27242 7.4%
Clay County 24166 25.0%
Greene County 19163 15.8%
Jasper County 19143 15.8%
Lincoln County 14102 14.3%
Christian County 14113 21.4%
Pulaski County 13120 0.0%

Other large lenders in Missouri

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 10,46018.4%6.63%
Flat Branch MortgageA 8,9990.9%6.63%
Guild MortgageA 7,3882.5%6.63%
U.S. BankD 7,19032.8%7.63%
The Central Trust BankC 7,0229.7%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 6,7108.0%6.55%
Communityamerica Credit UnionB 5,84316.8%6.49%
Mortgage Research CenterC 5,73415.6%6.25%
Broker SolutionsD 5,0077.8%6.88%
Commerce BankD 4,90527.2%6.72%

Frequently asked questions

Missouri: 479 applications in 2025, of which 376 were originated and 88 denied.

18.4% of all applications, or 18.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Missouri statewide average across all lenders was 15.1%.

The median rate on loans Planet Home Lending originated in Missouri in 2025 was 5.99%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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