Rocket Mortgage · Pennsylvania · 2025

Rocket Mortgage in Pennsylvania: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Rocket Mortgage took 22,411 mortgage applications in Pennsylvania in 2025, ranking #1 of 1,114 lenders active in the state. It originated 71.6% of them and denied 18.6% (20.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.3%.

22kApplicationsin PA
20.1%Decision denial ratestate 22.2%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.63%
$175,000Median loanstate $155,000
$3.4BVolume67 counties

Rocket Mortgage in Pennsylvania vs the state

18.6%Denial rate+0.32 pts vs state
20.1%Decision denial rate-2.14 pts vs state
71.6%Origination rate+10.63 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.61Rate spread (pts)+0.37 pts vs state
$88kMedian applicant income
16,043Loans originated
4,171Denied

Trend in Pennsylvania

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202315,54011,00819.3%6.63%#3
202418,80313,90017.2%6.75%#1
202522,41116,04318.6%6.75%#1

What Rocket Mortgage lends in Pennsylvania

By loan purpose

Home purchase 7,545 34% · 11.4% denied
Refinance 3,387 15% · 20.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 10,366 46% · 22.4% denied
Home improvement 388 2% · 27.6% denied
Other / HELOC 725 3% · 27.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 16,240 72% · 15.3% denied
FHA 4,944 22% · 29.2% denied
VA 1,227 5% · 19.6% denied

Why it denied Pennsylvania applicants

Collateral 1,769 42%
Incomplete application 832 20%
Debt-to-income ratio 795 19%
Credit history 289 7%
Insufficient cash 193 5%
Other 175 4%
Unverifiable information 84 2%
Employment history 34 1%

Where in Pennsylvania

Counties with the most Rocket Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Allegheny County 2,0791,431417 20.1%
Philadelphia County 1,7541,179391 22.3%
Montgomery County 1,3291,004192 14.4%
Bucks County 1,092853134 12.3%
Delaware County 984697189 19.2%
York County 932662171 18.3%
Chester County 826618121 14.6%
Lancaster County 823627129 15.7%
Westmoreland County 759553141 18.6%
Berks County 736528143 19.4%

Other large lenders in Pennsylvania

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Citizens BankC 18,25628.1%7.65%
PNC BankD 18,03120.6%6.88%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 13,17813.4%6.47%
Crosscountry MortgageB 11,6153.3%6.63%
Members 1stB 10,86330.9%1.99%
First National Bank of PennsylvaniaB 9,54227.8%6.49%
Police & FireC 8,46034.6%6.25%
PENNSYLVANIA STATE EMPLOYEES Credit UnionC 8,30813.7%6.64%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 7,90012.6%6.50%
NewrezD 6,44420.7%6.75%

Frequently asked questions

Pennsylvania: 22,411 applications in 2025, of which 16,043 were originated and 4,171 denied.

18.6% of all applications, or 20.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Pennsylvania statewide average across all lenders was 18.3%.

The median rate on loans Rocket Mortgage originated in Pennsylvania in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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