Right Start Mortgage · California · 2025

Right Start Mortgage in California: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Right Start Mortgage took 64 mortgage applications in California in 2025, ranking #497 of 1,147 lenders active in the state. It originated 68.8% of them and denied 4.7% (6.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.4%.

64Applicationsin CA
6.4%Decision denial ratestate 22.4%
6.56%Median ratestate 6.63%
$505,000Median loanstate $385,000
$22MVolume20 counties

Right Start Mortgage in California vs the state

4.7%Denial rate-12.73 pts vs state
6.4%Decision denial rate-16.02 pts vs state
68.8%Origination rate+12.55 pts vs state
6.56%Median rate-0.06 pts vs state
0.38Rate spread (pts)+0.11 pts vs state
$157kMedian applicant income
44Loans originated
3Denied

Trend in California

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202350304.0%6.50%#541
2024835218.1%6.38%#465
202564444.7%6.56%#497

What Right Start Mortgage lends in California

By loan purpose

Home purchase 44 69% · 2.3% denied
Refinance 9 14% · 11.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 11 17% · 9.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 44 69% · 4.6% denied
FHA 19 30% · 5.3% denied
VA 1 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied California applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 1 33%
Unverifiable information 1 33%
Credit history 1 33%

Where in California

Counties with the most Right Start Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Contra Costa County 21170 0.0%
Riverside County 761 14.3%
Los Angeles County 510 0.0%
Solano County 550 0.0%
Placer County 420 0.0%
Orange County 311 33.3%
Sacramento County 210 0.0%
San Bernardino County 210 0.0%
San Joaquin County 211 50.0%
Yolo County 210 0.0%

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: 64 applications in 2025, of which 44 were originated and 3 denied.

4.7% of all applications, or 6.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The California statewide average across all lenders was 17.4%.

The median rate on loans Right Start Mortgage originated in California in 2025 was 6.56%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Right Start 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