Mortgage lender · Santa Rosa, CA · LEI 54930043BMDE130FJ617

Provident Funding Associates review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Provident Funding Associates earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of large mortgage lenders. It turned down 9.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 71st percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.13 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 90th percentile on pricing. Compared against 101 large mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

19kApplications2025
64.7%Originatedof applications
9.4%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.38%Median ratenational 6.63%
$5.4BLoan volume33 states

Provident Funding Associates at a glance, 2025

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

6.9%Denial rate (all applications)-11.12 pts vs national
9.4%Denial rate (decided applications)-13.18 pts vs national
64.7%Origination rate+6.64 pts vs national
20.6%Withdrawn by applicant
6.6%Closed for incompleteness
6.38%Median interest rate-0.25 pts vs national
-0.13Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.38 pts vs national
$425,000Median loan amount
$4,740Median total loan costs
$156kMedian applicant income
80%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 101 large mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

71st9.4% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

90th-0.13 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

30th27.1%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

97th1.12% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202320,03111,9586.8%10.1%6.38%$4.8B
202421,88613,3077.0%10.1%6.50%$5.5B
202518,81812,1706.9%9.4%6.38%$5.4B

What Provident Funding Associates 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 13,507 72% · 5.2% denied
Refinance 4,414 23% · 6.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 897 5% · 31.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 18,818 100% · 6.9% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 81 manufactured homes, 819 investment properties.

Why Provident Funding Associates denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 1,290 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Collateral 427 33%
Debt-to-income ratio 392 30%
Credit history 205 16%
Other 182 14%
Employment history 42 3%
Unverifiable information 30 2%
Insufficient cash 12 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Provident Funding Associates

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k36113649.5%
$50k – $100k3,2462,04813.4%
$100k – $150k5,1463,4678.2%
$150k – $250k6,9094,5856.7%
Over $250k3,1561,9348.4%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2545428014.3%
25–345,6553,9726.8%
35–446,1504,0388.1%
45–543,4782,09912.3%
55–641,9881,16512.5%
65–7483248013.5%
Over 7426113619.7%

Where Provident Funding Associates lends

33 states and 950 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas2,7551,7067.6%6.38%#71
California2,0221,2089.8%6.38%#107
Pennsylvania1,2568925.0%6.38%#71
Florida1,0676329.7%6.38%#145
Colorado9856575.1%6.38%#58
North Carolina9766694.2%6.38%#90
Utah9686426.6%6.25%#34
Georgia9196025.7%6.38%#99
Arizona9035786.8%6.38%#78
Washington8785806.5%6.38%#74
Oregon7355243.3%6.38%#57
New Jersey6704236.6%6.38%#95
Virginia5913976.4%6.38%#103
Illinois47330810.2%6.38%#133
Maryland4723046.1%6.38%#96
Kentucky4653285.8%6.38%#82
Ohio4232846.4%6.38%#159
Indiana2981866.0%6.38%#158
Tennessee2721796.3%6.38%#174
Michigan26514115.1%6.38%#187
Minnesota2561597.0%6.38%#122
South Carolina2501385.2%6.38%#161
Wisconsin2201714.6%6.50%#149
Connecticut1961306.6%6.38%#100
Missouri1891134.2%6.38%#191
Kansas116806.9%6.38%#152
Nevada79573.8%6.38%#162
Oklahoma71515.6%6.38%#230
Idaho43314.7%6.25%#176

Frequently asked questions

Provident Funding Associates denied 9.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 71st percentile of large mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Provident Funding Associates gave in 2025 was "collateral", cited on 33.1% 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 Provident Funding Associates originated in 2025 was 6.38%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.13 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 72% of its applications were for home purchases, 28% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% 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 Provident Funding Associates. Data sources · Methodology