Southwest Stage Funding · Missouri · 2025

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

Southwest Stage Funding took 293 mortgage applications in Missouri in 2025, ranking #138 of 1,023 lenders active in the state. It originated 18.4% of them and denied 13.3% (20.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.1%.

293Applicationsin MO
20.6%Decision denial ratestate 18.7%
7.75%Median ratestate 6.63%
$145,000Median loanstate $175,000
$9.1MVolume64 counties

Southwest Stage Funding in Missouri vs the state

13.3%Denial rate-1.76 pts vs state
20.6%Decision denial rate+1.93 pts vs state
18.4%Origination rate-44.23 pts vs state
7.75%Median rate+1.13 pts vs state
1.84Rate spread (pts)+1.49 pts vs state
$72kMedian applicant income
54Loans originated
39Denied

Trend in Missouri

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023804028.8%8.18%#264
2024653313.9%8.40%#295
20252935413.3%7.75%#138

What Southwest Stage Funding lends in Missouri

By loan purpose

Home purchase 293 100% · 13.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 257 88% · 13.6% denied
FHA 30 10% · 10.0% denied
VA 6 2% · 16.7% denied

Why it denied Missouri applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 22 56%
Insufficient cash 8 21%
Employment history 5 13%
Other 2 5%
Collateral 2 5%

Where in Missouri

Counties with the most Southwest Stage Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Webster County 1963 15.8%
Laclede County 1603 18.8%
McDonald County 1542 13.3%
Newton County 1432 14.3%
Jasper County 1331 7.7%
Stone County 1232 16.7%
Polk County 1130 0.0%
Camden County 1114 36.4%
Phelps County 1101 9.1%
Pulaski County 1022 20.0%

Other large lenders in Missouri

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 10,46018.4%6.63%
Flat Branch MortgageA 8,9990.9%6.63%
Guild MortgageA 7,3882.5%6.63%
U.S. BankD 7,19032.8%7.63%
The Central Trust BankC 7,0229.7%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 6,7108.0%6.55%
Communityamerica Credit UnionB 5,84316.8%6.49%
Mortgage Research CenterC 5,73415.6%6.25%
Broker SolutionsD 5,0077.8%6.88%
Commerce BankD 4,90527.2%6.72%

Frequently asked questions

Missouri: 293 applications in 2025, of which 54 were originated and 39 denied.

13.3% of all applications, or 20.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Missouri statewide average across all lenders was 15.1%.

The median rate on loans Southwest Stage Funding originated in Missouri in 2025 was 7.75%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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