Mortgage lender · Southfield, MI · LEI 549300KQQRECSLK8ID57

Staunton Financial review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Staunton Financial earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 5.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 72nd percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.31 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 40th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

2.9kApplications2025
86.4%Originatedof applications
5.1%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$696MLoan volume10 states

Staunton Financial at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

4.7%Denial rate (all applications)-13.32 pts vs national
5.1%Denial rate (decided applications)-17.49 pts vs national
86.4%Origination rate+28.39 pts vs national
8.5%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
6.63%Median interest rate0.00 pts vs national
0.31Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.05 pts vs national
$235,000Median loan amount
$4,416Median total loan costs
$98kMedian applicant income
90%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

72nd5.1% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

40th0.31 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

87th8.5%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

69th1.88% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20232,0541,7393.9%4.4%6.63%$429M
20242,5022,1614.2%4.6%6.63%$555M
20252,9162,5204.7%5.1%6.63%$696M

What Staunton Financial lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,556 88% · 4.6% denied
Refinance 208 7% · 2.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 152 5% · 8.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,294 79% · 4.1% denied
FHA 471 16% · 7.4% denied
VA 143 5% · 4.9% denied
USDA / RHS 8 0% · 12.5% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 1 reverse mortgages, 60 manufactured homes, 162 investment properties.

Why Staunton Financial denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 136 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Collateral 46 34%
Debt-to-income ratio 46 34%
Other 13 10%
Credit history 9 7%
Unverifiable information 8 6%
Employment history 7 5%
Insufficient cash 7 5%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Staunton Financial

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k33226910.3%
$50k – $100k1,1429875.1%
$100k – $150k6585753.2%
$150k – $250k5204534.4%
Over $250k2482243.8%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 252472095.9%
25–341,0749304.4%
35–446876075.4%
45–544423963.6%
55–642712177.6%
65–741481217.6%
Over 7447404.8%

Where Staunton Financial lends

10 states and 99 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Michigan2,8332,4734.4%6.63%#35
Kansas14137.1%6.25%#331
Florida12916.7%6.88%#870
North Carolina1080.0%5.99%#628
Ohio7442.9%5.63%#661
Alabama550.0%6.25%#587
Texas5420.0%6.31%#1,101

Frequently asked questions

Staunton Financial denied 5.1% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 72nd percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Staunton Financial gave in 2025 was "collateral", cited on 33.8% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Staunton Financial originated in 2025 was 6.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.31 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 88% of its applications were for home purchases, 12% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 79% conventional, 16% FHA, 5% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Staunton Financial. Data sources · Methodology