Royal United Mortgage · North Carolina · 2025

Royal United Mortgage in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Royal United Mortgage took 280 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #202 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 60.7% of them and denied 20.0% (24.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

280Applicationsin NC
24.1%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
7.00%Median ratestate 6.50%
$95,000Median loanstate $225,000
$24MVolume78 counties

Royal United Mortgage in North Carolina vs the state

20.0%Denial rate+1.94 pts vs state
24.1%Decision denial rate+1.32 pts vs state
60.7%Origination rate+2.90 pts vs state
7.00%Median rate+0.50 pts vs state
1.21Rate spread (pts)+1.12 pts vs state
$44kMedian applicant income
170Loans originated
56Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202334220524.3%7.13%#144
202428118320.6%7.00%#184
202528017020.0%7.00%#202

What Royal United Mortgage lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 3 1% · 33.3% denied
Refinance 277 99% · 19.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 240 86% · 18.8% denied
FHA 34 12% · 29.4% denied
VA 6 2% · 16.7% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Collateral 27 48%
Incomplete application 13 23%
Unverifiable information 7 13%
Credit history 5 9%
Debt-to-income ratio 4 7%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Royal United Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Guilford County 18130 0.0%
Cumberland County 1785 29.4%
Gaston County 1475 35.7%
Mecklenburg County 1172 18.2%
Forsyth County 1072 20.0%
Cabarrus County 1070 0.0%
Wake County 962 22.2%
Catawba County 842 25.0%
Davidson County 760 0.0%
Rockingham County 760 0.0%

Other large lenders in North Carolina

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
State Employees'C 47,89325.2%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 25,10916.0%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 18,88411.4%6.13%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 15,00838.0%7.75%
Truist BankC 14,36430.3%6.50%
Movement MortgageA 11,0912.6%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 10,56519.4%7.13%
First-Citizens Bank & TrustB 10,31919.6%6.38%
Bank of AmericaF 10,27628.2%6.24%
Mortgage Research CenterC 10,02917.7%6.25%

Frequently asked questions

North Carolina: 280 applications in 2025, of which 170 were originated and 56 denied.

20.0% of all applications, or 24.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Royal United Mortgage originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 7.00%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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