Mortgage lender · Enid, OK · LEI 549300O5WDIJU8S7OI05

Stride Bank review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Stride Bank earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 3.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 85th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.16 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 68th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

2.2kApplications2025
80.2%Originatedof applications
3.3%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.50%Median ratenational 6.63%
$617MLoan volume38 states

Stride Bank at a glance, 2025

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

2.7%Denial rate (all applications)-15.27 pts vs national
3.3%Denial rate (decided applications)-19.34 pts vs national
80.2%Origination rate+22.21 pts vs national
16.5%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
6.50%Median interest rate-0.13 pts vs national
0.16Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.10 pts vs national
$275,000Median loan amount
$5,764Median total loan costs
$108kMedian applicant income
90%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A 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%

85th3.3% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

68th0.16 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

52nd16.5%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

59th2.10% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20231,4601,1632.2%2.7%6.75%$318M
20241,9741,5403.3%4.1%6.63%$428M
20252,2121,7752.7%3.3%6.50%$617M

What Stride Bank 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 1,998 90% · 1.9% denied
Refinance 110 5% · 8.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 78 4% · 9.0% denied
Home improvement 19 1% · 21.1% denied
Other / HELOC 7 0% · 28.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,319 60% · 1.7% denied
FHA 545 25% · 4.4% denied
VA 307 14% · 2.9% denied
USDA / RHS 41 2% · 9.8% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 36 manufactured homes, 189 investment properties.

Why Stride Bank denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 60 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Credit history 22 37%
Debt-to-income ratio 20 33%
Insufficient cash 6 10%
Collateral 5 8%
Other 5 8%
Employment history 2 3%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Stride Bank

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k15110710.8%
$50k – $100k7816233.4%
$100k – $150k5314342.7%
$150k – $250k4423552.7%
Over $250k1771441.4%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 251861453.3%
25–346265152.6%
35–445154083.3%
45–543722973.9%
55–642591983.9%
65–741271034.6%
Over 7445355.4%

Where Stride Bank lends

38 states and 210 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Oklahoma1,7161,4062.2%6.38%#19
Missouri1761372.3%6.63%#199
Kansas117818.6%6.75%#151
Texas63481.6%6.50%#662
Florida12100.0%6.87%#868
Georgia1290.0%6.50%#637
Arkansas1190.0%6.88%#329
Arizona11100.0%6.75%#496
South Carolina750.0%6.25%#592
Michigan6216.7%6.19%#580
Nebraska6416.7%7.00%#286
Washington650.0%6.50%#519
Alabama540.0%6.50%#584
New Jersey5320.0%6.88%#618
Virginia5220.0%6.75%#652

Frequently asked questions

Stride Bank denied 3.3% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 85th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Stride Bank gave in 2025 was "credit history", cited on 36.7% 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 Stride Bank originated in 2025 was 6.50%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.16 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 90% of its applications were for home purchases, 8% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 1% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 60% conventional, 25% FHA, 14% 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 Stride Bank. Data sources · Methodology