Southwest Stage Funding · Michigan · 2025

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

Southwest Stage Funding took 24 mortgage applications in Michigan in 2025, ranking #417 of 973 lenders active in the state. It originated 12.5% of them and denied 37.5% (69.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.5%.

24Applicationsin MI
69.2%Decision denial ratestate 22.6%
8.55%Median ratestate 6.75%
$125,000Median loanstate $155,000
$465kVolume14 counties

Southwest Stage Funding in Michigan vs the state

37.5%Denial rate+18.98 pts vs state
69.2%Decision denial rate+46.65 pts vs state
12.5%Origination rate-47.39 pts vs state
8.55%Median rate+1.80 pts vs state
2.18Rate spread (pts)+1.78 pts vs state
$63kMedian applicant income
3Loans originated
9Denied

Trend in Michigan

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202313738.5%11.28%#472
20246316.7%10.70%#566
202524337.5%8.55%#417

What Southwest Stage Funding lends in Michigan

By loan purpose

Home purchase 24 100% · 37.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 22 92% · 40.9% denied
FHA 2 8% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Michigan applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 4 44%
Other 3 33%
Insufficient cash 2 22%

Where in Michigan

Counties with the most Southwest Stage Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Kent County 502 40.0%
Eaton County 311 33.3%
Ottawa County 211 50.0%
Allegan County 210 0.0%
Ingham County 202 100.0%
Muskegon County 200 0.0%
Kalamazoo County 101 100.0%
Calhoun County 100 0.0%
Lenawee County 100 0.0%
Gladwin County 100 0.0%

Other large lenders in Michigan

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 30,64416.3%6.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 29,33011.7%6.60%
The Huntington National BankD 20,04730.0%7.49%
Lake Michigan Credit UnionA 16,6625.6%6.75%
Fifth Third BankD 11,17626.4%7.50%
21st MortgageF 7,42453.4%11.04%
Citizens BankC 6,59229.0%7.65%
Triad Financial ServicesD 6,42656.1%8.49%
Union Home MortgageB 5,3034.3%6.75%
PNC BankD 5,16126.3%7.36%

Frequently asked questions

Michigan: 24 applications in 2025, of which 3 were originated and 9 denied.

37.5% of all applications, or 69.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Michigan statewide average across all lenders was 18.5%.

The median rate on loans Southwest Stage Funding originated in Michigan in 2025 was 8.55%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

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