Rocket Mortgage · Virginia · 2025

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

Rocket Mortgage took 19,274 mortgage applications in Virginia in 2025, ranking #2 of 1,013 lenders active in the state. It originated 75.2% of them and denied 14.8% (16.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.9%.

19kApplicationsin VA
16.0%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$235,000Median loanstate $255,000
$4.2BVolume133 counties

Rocket Mortgage in Virginia vs the state

14.8%Denial rate-1.12 pts vs state
16.0%Decision denial rate-4.28 pts vs state
75.2%Origination rate+15.65 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.48Rate spread (pts)+0.26 pts vs state
$110kMedian applicant income
14,489Loans originated
2,857Denied

Trend in Virginia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202311,5018,62315.0%6.63%#3
202415,18711,75113.9%6.63%#2
202519,27414,48914.8%6.63%#2

What Rocket Mortgage lends in Virginia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 5,161 27% · 9.4% denied
Refinance 3,635 19% · 14.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 9,801 51% · 17.2% denied
Home improvement 240 1% · 21.7% denied
Other / HELOC 437 2% · 23.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 13,838 72% · 13.1% denied
FHA 3,070 16% · 24.4% denied
VA 2,366 12% · 12.6% denied

Why it denied Virginia applicants

Collateral 1,063 37%
Debt-to-income ratio 632 22%
Incomplete application 577 20%
Credit history 227 8%
Insufficient cash 125 4%
Other 120 4%
Unverifiable information 90 3%
Employment history 23 1%

Where in Virginia

Counties with the most Rocket Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Fairfax County 1,6281,243206 12.7%
Prince William County 1,173921140 11.9%
Chesterfield County 1,133872155 13.7%
Loudoun County 1,023814120 11.7%
Virginia Beach city 973753132 13.6%
Henrico County 733554105 14.3%
Chesapeake city 65049477 11.8%
Stafford County 52439477 14.7%
Spotsylvania County 47836370 14.6%
Richmond city 33926247 13.9%

Other large lenders in Virginia

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,39519.3%7.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 13,99410.4%6.12%
Truist BankC 11,83831.6%6.49%
Mortgage Research CenterC 9,00016.7%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 8,33410.7%6.38%
Freedom MortgageB 8,0296.5%6.25%
Bank of AmericaF 6,58431.9%6.24%
NewrezD 6,39016.4%6.38%
Movement MortgageA 6,1264.3%6.56%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 5,85040.0%9.25%

Frequently asked questions

Virginia: 19,274 applications in 2025, of which 14,489 were originated and 2,857 denied.

14.8% of all applications, or 16.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Virginia statewide average across all lenders was 15.9%.

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

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