Primary Residential Mortgage · California · 2025

Primary Residential Mortgage in California: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Primary Residential Mortgage took 558 mortgage applications in California in 2025, ranking #246 of 1,147 lenders active in the state. It originated 65.1% of them and denied 6.8% (9.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.4%.

558Applicationsin CA
9.5%Decision denial ratestate 22.4%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$395,000Median loanstate $385,000
$165MVolume38 counties

Primary Residential Mortgage in California vs the state

6.8%Denial rate-10.61 pts vs state
9.5%Decision denial rate-12.92 pts vs state
65.1%Origination rate+8.85 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.44Rate spread (pts)+0.17 pts vs state
$131kMedian applicant income
363Loans originated
38Denied

Trend in California

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20238015055.9%6.63%#156
20248275136.9%6.63%#180
20255583636.8%6.63%#246

What Primary Residential Mortgage lends in California

By loan purpose

Home purchase 376 67% · 5.9% denied
Refinance 76 14% · 5.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 106 19% · 11.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 400 72% · 6.3% denied
FHA 141 25% · 7.8% denied
VA 17 3% · 11.8% denied

Why it denied California applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 24 63%
Credit history 5 13%
Collateral 4 11%
Unverifiable information 3 8%
Insufficient cash 2 5%

Where in California

Counties with the most Primary Residential Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
San Joaquin County 76514 5.3%
Tulare County 38233 7.9%
Solano County 37282 5.4%
Calaveras County 36291 2.8%
Sonoma County 29211 3.4%
Stanislaus County 29221 3.4%
San Francisco County 26190 0.0%
Alameda County 25115 20.0%
Los Angeles County 25141 4.0%
Madera County 21162 9.5%

Other large lenders in California

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 79,26112.6%6.49%
Rocket MortgageC 58,92517.6%6.75%
Bank of AmericaF 40,19030.8%5.99%
U.S. BankD 32,49331.6%6.50%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 22,0489.7%6.13%
Spring EqD 21,60150.8%8.88%
SchoolsfirstA 19,08610.0%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 18,75413.5%6.50%
NewrezD 17,00019.3%6.63%
Loandepot.ComD 16,64518.7%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

California: 558 applications in 2025, of which 363 were originated and 38 denied.

6.8% of all applications, or 9.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The California statewide average across all lenders was 17.4%.

The median rate on loans Primary Residential Mortgage originated in California in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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