Mortgage lender · New York, NY · LEI 549300RUKY2I2HQ2AI44

Polish & Slavic review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Polish & Slavic earns an F, in the bottom tier of small mortgage lenders. It turned down 21.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 17th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

1.0kApplications2025
56.7%Originatedof applications
21.4%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$172MLoan volume8 states

Polish & Slavic at a glance, 2025

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

15.8%Denial rate (all applications)-2.21 pts vs national
21.4%Denial rate (decided applications)-1.19 pts vs national
56.7%Origination rate-1.38 pts vs national
18.9%Withdrawn by applicant
7.4%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$235,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$110kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the F grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 1,883 small mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

17th21.4% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

9th26.3%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202370942118.5%23.4%6.75%$102M
202483747616.1%21.4%6.50%$140M
20251,00857115.8%21.4%$172M

What Polish & Slavic 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 489 49% · 9.4% denied
Refinance 72 7% · 15.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 107 11% · 17.8% denied
Home improvement 203 20% · 23.2% denied
Other / HELOC 137 14% · 26.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,008 100% · 15.8% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 203 investment properties.

Who gets approved at Polish & Slavic

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k893649.3%
$50k – $100k31018323.3%
$100k – $150k23114517.0%
$150k – $250k19712613.3%
Over $250k873215.8%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–341358113.7%
35–4423113518.5%
45–5432819323.9%
55–641438225.7%
65–74693420.5%

Where Polish & Slavic lends

8 states and 82 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Illinois43825218.5%#145
New Jersey25914612.7%#172
New York1698615.4%#223
Pennsylvania663713.6%#444
Florida362213.9%#650
Connecticut34258.8%#246

Frequently asked questions

Polish & Slavic denied 21.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 17th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

In 2025, 49% of its applications were for home purchases, 18% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 34% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% FHA, 0% 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 Polish & Slavic. Data sources · Methodology