SmartFi Home Loans · North Carolina · 2025

SmartFi Home Loans in North Carolina: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

SmartFi Home Loans took 5 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #745 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 80.0% of them and denied 20.0% (20.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

5Applicationsin NC
20.0%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.50%
$85,000Median loanstate $225,000
$500kVolume5 counties

SmartFi Home Loans in North Carolina vs the state

20.0%Denial rate+1.94 pts vs state
20.0%Decision denial rate-2.82 pts vs state
80.0%Origination rate+22.19 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
Rate spread (pts)
$22kMedian applicant income
4Loans originated
1Denied

What SmartFi Home Loans lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Refinance 2 40% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 2 40% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 20% · 100.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1 20% · 0.0% denied
FHA 4 80% · 25.0% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Collateral 1 100%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most SmartFi Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Vance County 110 0.0%
Cherokee County 110 0.0%
Beaufort County 101 100.0%
Lincoln County 110 0.0%
Burke County 110 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: 5 applications in 2025, of which 4 were originated and 1 denied.

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

The median rate on loans SmartFi Home Loans originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are SmartFi Home Loans'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