Mortgage lender · University City, MO · LEI 54930032XJT9NQZ5I683

Royal Banks of Missouri review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Royal Banks of Missouri earns an F, in the bottom tier of small mortgage lenders. It turned down 70.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 0th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

202Applications2025
23.3%Originatedof applications
70.3%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$23MLoan volume5 states

Royal Banks of Missouri at a glance, 2025

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

55.0%Denial rate (all applications)+36.97 pts vs national
70.3%Denial rate (decided applications)+47.66 pts vs national
23.3%Origination rate-34.76 pts vs national
21.8%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$195,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$60kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the F grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 1,883 small mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

0th70.3% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

16th21.8%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231602246.3%74.0%$6.0M
20242265456.2%69.8%$19M
20252024755.0%70.3%$23M

What Royal Banks of Missouri 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 185 92% · 58.4% denied
Refinance 4 2% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 13 6% · 23.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 89 44% · 25.8% denied
FHA 87 43% · 80.5% denied
USDA / RHS 26 13% · 69.2% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 2 manufactured homes, 9 investment properties.

Who gets approved at Royal Banks of Missouri

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k29678.6%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2524289.5%
25–3459979.6%
35–4436676.9%
45–5428960.9%
55–64341064.3%

Where Royal Banks of Missouri lends

5 states and 32 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Missouri1573954.1%#217
Illinois41856.1%#487

Frequently asked questions

Royal Banks of Missouri denied 70.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 0th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

In 2025, 92% of its applications were for home purchases, 8% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 44% conventional, 43% 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 Royal Banks of Missouri. Data sources · Methodology