Polaris Home Funding · North Carolina · 2025

Polaris Home Funding in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Polaris Home Funding took 63 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #369 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 50.8% of them and denied 9.5% (14.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

63Applicationsin NC
14.3%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$225,000Median loanstate $225,000
$7.8MVolume32 counties

Polaris Home Funding in North Carolina vs the state

9.5%Denial rate-8.54 pts vs state
14.3%Decision denial rate-8.53 pts vs state
50.8%Origination rate-7.02 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.57Rate spread (pts)+0.49 pts vs state
$69kMedian applicant income
32Loans originated
6Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202380348.8%6.75%#314
2024462017.4%6.75%#399
202563329.5%6.63%#369

What Polaris Home Funding lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Refinance 10 16% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 3 5% · 33.3% denied
Other / HELOC 50 79% · 10.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 12 19% · 0.0% denied
FHA 47 75% · 10.6% denied
VA 4 6% · 25.0% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 3 50%
Collateral 2 33%
Credit history 1 17%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Polaris Home Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Forsyth County 651 16.7%
Mecklenburg County 641 16.7%
Wake County 511 20.0%
Guilford County 411 25.0%
Johnston County 310 0.0%
Cabarrus County 330 0.0%
Union County 320 0.0%
Iredell County 310 0.0%
Gaston County 200 0.0%
Craven County 200 0.0%

Other large lenders in North Carolina

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
State Employees'C 47,89325.2%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 25,10916.0%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 18,88411.4%6.13%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 15,00838.0%7.75%
Truist BankC 14,36430.3%6.50%
Movement MortgageA 11,0912.6%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 10,56519.4%7.13%
First-Citizens Bank & TrustB 10,31919.6%6.38%
Bank of AmericaF 10,27628.2%6.24%
Mortgage Research CenterC 10,02917.7%6.25%

Frequently asked questions

North Carolina: 63 applications in 2025, of which 32 were originated and 6 denied.

9.5% of all applications, or 14.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Polaris Home Funding originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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