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Plaza Home Mortgage review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Plaza Home Mortgage earns a C, in line with the typical performance of large mortgage lenders. It turned down 30.7% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 24th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.35 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 42nd percentile on pricing. Compared against 101 large mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

24kApplications2025
61.1%Originatedof applications
30.7%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$4.6BLoan volume51 states

Plaza Home Mortgage at a glance, 2025

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

27.8%Denial rate (all applications)+9.83 pts vs national
30.7%Denial rate (decided applications)+8.14 pts vs national
61.1%Origination rate+3.07 pts vs national
8.8%Withdrawn by applicant
0.8%Closed for incompleteness
6.63%Median interest rate0.00 pts vs national
0.35Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.10 pts vs national
$275,000Median loan amount
$7,799Median total loan costs
$102kMedian applicant income
88%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the C 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%

24th30.7% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

42nd0.35 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

91st9.5%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

34th2.84% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202317,79111,33611.6%12.8%6.75%$3.8B
202423,43314,08324.2%27.2%6.75%$4.5B
202523,88614,59427.8%30.7%6.63%$4.6B

What Plaza Home Mortgage 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 16,427 69% · 24.9% denied
Refinance 2,193 9% · 34.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 5,266 22% · 34.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 13,402 56% · 26.8% denied
FHA 7,627 32% · 30.0% denied
VA 2,427 10% · 26.9% denied
USDA / RHS 430 2% · 26.7% denied

Also: 746 home-equity lines, 748 reverse mortgages, 764 manufactured homes, 2,197 investment properties.

Why Plaza Home Mortgage denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 6,643 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Other 3,345 50%
Unverifiable information 1,118 17%
Debt-to-income ratio 771 12%
Collateral 534 8%
Insufficient cash 424 6%
Credit history 377 6%
Employment history 58 1%
Incomplete application 16 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Plaza Home Mortgage

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k2,2511,34932.8%
$50k – $100k8,4195,22230.1%
$100k – $150k5,5713,53428.0%
$150k – $250k3,8742,44228.7%
Over $250k2,0401,14034.4%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 251,27785125.9%
25–345,7483,77126.2%
35–445,8583,53032.3%
45–544,5652,61234.1%
55–643,1931,74237.1%
65–741,9321,16030.1%
Over 741,06169027.5%

Where Plaza Home Mortgage lends

51 states and 1,801 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas3,0461,89725.2%6.50%#61
Florida2,4091,23935.5%6.63%#84
New York2,1241,22234.2%6.75%#40
California1,8991,05634.8%6.63%#108
Pennsylvania1,21786619.9%6.63%#75
Minnesota96671315.6%6.38%#49
Michigan87155525.0%6.63%#83
Georgia80945630.4%6.63%#112
North Carolina80951523.6%6.49%#98
Illinois68847522.8%6.63%#104
Indiana68348920.6%6.63%#93
Arizona63542922.1%6.49%#97
Connecticut54334225.8%6.63%#57
New Jersey54228634.7%6.88%#110
Colorado45326930.2%6.38%#112
Missouri43330321.3%6.75%#103
South Carolina43329521.3%6.63%#112
Oregon38227720.9%6.50%#76
Ohio36820132.3%6.63%#171
Virginia35618334.6%6.63%#142
Utah33720028.2%6.38%#73
Alabama33219628.9%6.63%#110
Maryland31816634.0%6.63%#121
Washington30018727.3%6.38%#147
Kentucky27319518.3%6.63%#119
Iowa25417916.9%6.63%#85
Oklahoma23714326.2%6.50%#112
Tennessee23612835.6%6.49%#195
Louisiana23512431.5%6.63%#105
New Mexico22816618.9%6.50%#72
Massachusetts20412427.5%6.63%#158
Wisconsin1538928.1%6.88%#192
Nevada1458133.8%6.38%#122
Hawaii1246533.1%6.50%#51
Mississippi1187826.3%6.63%#116
Kansas1056927.6%6.13%#161
Wyoming795416.5%6.38%#62
Idaho753930.7%6.25%#134
Delaware744329.7%6.63%#96
Alaska623232.3%6.38%#54
Arkansas593133.9%6.63%#195
Montana562833.9%6.13%#87
New Hampshire472627.7%6.13%#136
Nebraska311641.9%6.63%#173
North Dakota261542.3%6.25%#95
District of Columbia25952.0%6.63%#108
Maine221131.8%6.63%#170
Rhode Island201020.0%6.63%#144
West Virginia201035.0%6.63%#196
South Dakota171117.7%6.50%#112
Vermont8175.0%7.25%#122

Frequently asked questions

Plaza Home Mortgage denied 30.7% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 24th percentile of large mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Plaza Home Mortgage gave in 2025 was "other", cited on 50.4% 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 Plaza Home Mortgage originated in 2025 was 6.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.35 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 69% of its applications were for home purchases, 31% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 56% conventional, 32% FHA, 10% 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 Plaza Home Mortgage. Data sources · Methodology