Southwest Stage Funding · Arizona · 2025

Southwest Stage Funding in Arizona: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Southwest Stage Funding took 104 mortgage applications in Arizona in 2025, ranking #238 of 1,082 lenders active in the state. It originated 19.2% of them and denied 26.0% (41.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.2%.

104Applicationsin AZ
41.5%Decision denial ratestate 20.4%
5.88%Median ratestate 6.50%
$245,000Median loanstate $275,000
$5.6MVolume11 counties

Southwest Stage Funding in Arizona vs the state

26.0%Denial rate+9.73 pts vs state
41.5%Decision denial rate+21.13 pts vs state
19.2%Origination rate-40.25 pts vs state
5.88%Median rate-0.63 pts vs state
-0.19Rate spread (pts)-0.41 pts vs state
$82kMedian applicant income
20Loans originated
27Denied

Trend in Arizona

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023371946.0%6.75%#342
2024115147.8%7.28%#223
20251042026.0%5.88%#238

What Southwest Stage Funding lends in Arizona

By loan purpose

Home purchase 100 96% · 27.0% denied
Refinance 4 4% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 45 43% · 22.2% denied
FHA 50 48% · 32.0% denied
VA 9 9% · 11.1% denied

Why it denied Arizona applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 8 30%
Insufficient cash 7 26%
Other 7 26%
Collateral 3 11%
Credit history 1 4%
Employment history 1 4%

Where in Arizona

Counties with the most Southwest Stage Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pima County 44916 36.4%
Cochise County 1652 12.5%
Yavapai County 1033 30.0%
Pinal County 1003 30.0%
Coconino County 722 28.6%
Maricopa County 601 16.7%
Graham County 300 0.0%
Gila County 300 0.0%
Apache County 200 0.0%
Mohave County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Arizona

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 25,38310.2%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 17,94715.6%6.75%
Desert Financial Credit UnionB 16,97024.3%6.49%
Crosscountry MortgageB 7,5703.8%6.58%
Fairway Independent MortgageB 6,7295.6%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 6,22932.2%6.24%
Loandepot.ComD 6,18016.1%5.99%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 5,83811.7%6.62%
Nova Financial & InvestmentC 5,38016.2%6.49%
Freedom MortgageB 4,9917.0%6.00%

Frequently asked questions

Arizona: 104 applications in 2025, of which 20 were originated and 27 denied.

26.0% of all applications, or 41.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Arizona statewide average across all lenders was 16.2%.

The median rate on loans Southwest Stage Funding originated in Arizona in 2025 was 5.88%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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