Rocket Mortgage · District of Columbia · 2025

Rocket Mortgage in District of Columbia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Rocket Mortgage took 671 mortgage applications in District of Columbia in 2025, ranking #2 of 473 lenders active in the state. It originated 69.9% of them and denied 20.7% (22.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

671Applicationsin DC
22.4%Decision denial ratestate 23.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$315,000Median loanstate $405,000
$177MVolume1 counties

Rocket Mortgage in District of Columbia vs the state

20.7%Denial rate+2.66 pts vs state
22.4%Decision denial rate-1.39 pts vs state
69.9%Origination rate+14.39 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.38Rate spread (pts)+0.33 pts vs state
$136kMedian applicant income
469Loans originated
139Denied

Trend in District of Columbia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202349533523.2%6.63%#6
202454738919.2%6.75%#3
202567146920.7%6.63%#2

What Rocket Mortgage lends in District of Columbia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 203 30% · 11.8% denied
Refinance 120 18% · 27.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 314 47% · 22.3% denied
Home improvement 18 3% · 27.8% denied
Other / HELOC 16 2% · 43.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 571 85% · 19.8% denied
FHA 68 10% · 27.9% denied
VA 32 5% · 21.9% denied

Why it denied District of Columbia applicants

Collateral 44 32%
Debt-to-income ratio 35 25%
Incomplete application 25 18%
Credit history 11 8%
Unverifiable information 11 8%
Other 9 6%
Insufficient cash 3 2%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in District of Columbia

Counties with the most Rocket Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
District of Columbia 671469139 20.7%

Other large lenders in District of Columbia

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 78628.5%7.75%
Bank of AmericaF 54633.2%5.99%
First Savings MortgageA 5440.9%6.50%
Truist BankC 52941.2%6.25%
PNC BankD 46731.5%6.25%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 4597.6%6.38%
CitibankB 4179.6%6.00%
First Home MortgageB 3592.5%6.63%
NewrezD 35323.5%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 32717.4%6.37%

Frequently asked questions

District of Columbia: 671 applications in 2025, of which 469 were originated and 139 denied.

20.7% of all applications, or 22.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The District of Columbia statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Rocket Mortgage originated in District of Columbia in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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