Preferred Lending Services · Florida · 2025

Preferred Lending Services in Florida: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Preferred Lending Services took 123 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #451 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 72.4% of them and denied 4.9% (6.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

123Applicationsin FL
6.3%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$275,000Median loanstate $255,000
$27MVolume15 counties

Preferred Lending Services in Florida vs the state

4.9%Denial rate-16.18 pts vs state
6.3%Decision denial rate-20.99 pts vs state
72.4%Origination rate+19.67 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.32Rate spread (pts)+0.05 pts vs state
$105kMedian applicant income
89Loans originated
6Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232631813.4%6.63%#338
20241951404.1%6.81%#381
2025123894.9%6.63%#451

What Preferred Lending Services lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 111 90% · 5.4% denied
Refinance 3 2% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 9 7% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 94 76% · 4.3% denied
FHA 24 20% · 8.3% denied
VA 5 4% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Collateral 3 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 33%
Insufficient cash 1 17%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Preferred Lending Services applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pinellas County 39261 2.6%
Polk County 30183 10.0%
Pasco County 17150 0.0%
Hillsborough County 17141 5.9%
Highlands County 760 0.0%
Manatee County 421 25.0%
Lake County 110 0.0%
Indian River County 100 0.0%
Marion County 110 0.0%
Sarasota County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Florida

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 71,40515.3%6.44%
Rocket MortgageC 46,61121.0%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 23,63437.7%6.24%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 19,51614.1%6.50%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,45223.2%7.59%
Crosscountry MortgageB 19,1035.2%6.75%
NewrezD 17,51922.4%6.75%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 16,66114.5%4.88%
Lennar MortgageA 14,98421.0%4.75%
Truist BankC 14,14041.5%6.60%

Frequently asked questions

Florida: 123 applications in 2025, of which 89 were originated and 6 denied.

4.9% of all applications, or 6.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Preferred Lending Services originated in Florida in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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