Southwest Stage Funding · Florida · 2025

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

Southwest Stage Funding took 733 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #194 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 26.9% of them and denied 13.8% (25.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

733Applicationsin FL
25.9%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.63%
$205,000Median loanstate $255,000
$45MVolume65 counties

Southwest Stage Funding in Florida vs the state

13.8%Denial rate-7.28 pts vs state
25.9%Decision denial rate-1.34 pts vs state
26.9%Origination rate-25.81 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.62Rate spread (pts)+0.35 pts vs state
$79kMedian applicant income
197Loans originated
101Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202341923533.9%7.15%#255
20244481678.3%6.88%#254
202573319713.8%6.75%#194

What Southwest Stage Funding lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 731 100% · 13.7% denied
Refinance 2 0% · 50.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 375 51% · 20.3% denied
FHA 291 40% · 7.2% denied
VA 67 9% · 6.0% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 43 43%
Other 19 19%
Collateral 19 19%
Employment history 9 9%
Credit history 7 7%
Insufficient cash 4 4%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Southwest Stage Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Polk County 64187 10.9%
Marion County 3885 13.2%
Santa Rosa County 37105 13.5%
Alachua County 2774 14.8%
Pasco County 24125 20.8%
Putnam County 2495 20.8%
Leon County 2322 8.7%
Okaloosa County 2343 13.0%
Lake County 2334 17.4%
Hillsborough County 2131 4.8%

Other large lenders in Florida

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 71,40515.3%6.44%
Rocket MortgageC 46,61121.0%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 23,63437.7%6.24%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 19,51614.1%6.50%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,45223.2%7.59%
Crosscountry MortgageB 19,1035.2%6.75%
NewrezD 17,51922.4%6.75%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 16,66114.5%4.88%
Lennar MortgageA 14,98421.0%4.75%
Truist BankC 14,14041.5%6.60%

Frequently asked questions

Florida: 733 applications in 2025, of which 197 were originated and 101 denied.

13.8% of all applications, or 25.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Southwest Stage Funding originated in Florida in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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