Mortgage lender · Rochester, NY · LEI 254900XN7UWEWK13RO81

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

Premium Mortgage earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 3.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 83rd percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.23 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 55th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

6.0kApplications2025
87.2%Originatedof applications
3.5%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$1.4BLoan volume11 states

Premium Mortgage at a glance, 2025

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

3.2%Denial rate (all applications)-14.83 pts vs national
3.5%Denial rate (decided applications)-19.12 pts vs national
87.2%Origination rate+29.20 pts vs national
8.3%Withdrawn by applicant
0.9%Closed for incompleteness
6.63%Median interest rate0.00 pts vs national
0.23Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.03 pts vs national
$235,000Median loan amount
$4,256Median total loan costs
$106kMedian applicant income
85%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

83rd3.5% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

55th0.23 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

83rd9.1%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

71st1.81% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20235,4014,7232.7%3.0%6.75%$1.1B
20245,4814,8492.8%3.0%6.75%$1.2B
20255,9605,1993.2%3.5%6.63%$1.4B

What Premium 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 5,670 95% · 2.9% denied
Refinance 139 2% · 1.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 150 3% · 14.7% denied
Home improvement 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 4,800 81% · 2.6% denied
FHA 858 14% · 6.3% denied
VA 269 5% · 1.9% denied
USDA / RHS 33 1% · 15.2% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 65 manufactured homes, 444 investment properties.

Why Premium Mortgage denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 188 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 57 30%
Collateral 33 18%
Other 29 15%
Credit history 25 13%
Insufficient cash 19 10%
Unverifiable information 14 7%
Employment history 9 5%
Incomplete application 1 1%
Mortgage insurance denied 1 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Premium Mortgage

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k32325312.3%
$50k – $100k2,3322,0184.3%
$100k – $150k1,5391,3681.8%
$150k – $250k1,2081,0911.3%
Over $250k4103661.6%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 253883385.8%
25–342,2782,0353.0%
35–441,6081,3953.4%
45–547576454.7%
55–645604763.2%
65–742912502.0%
Over 7478604.8%

Where Premium Mortgage lends

11 states and 109 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
New York5,8165,0943.0%6.63%#15
Florida104749.6%6.75%#477
Ohio9711.1%6.50%#620
Connecticut6316.7%6.88%#421
South Carolina660.0%6.75%#621
Massachusetts5220.0%6.88%#519
Texas550.0%6.38%#1,098

Frequently asked questions

Premium Mortgage denied 3.5% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 83rd percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Premium Mortgage gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 30.3% 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 Premium Mortgage originated in 2025 was 6.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.23 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 95% of its applications were for home purchases, 5% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 81% conventional, 14% FHA, 5% 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 Premium Mortgage. Data sources · Methodology