Strong Home Mortgage · Maryland · 2025

Strong Home Mortgage in Maryland: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Strong Home Mortgage took 86 mortgage applications in Maryland in 2025, ranking #255 of 810 lenders active in the state. It originated 50.0% of them and denied 8.1% (14.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

86Applicationsin MD
14.0%Decision denial ratestate 24.1%
6.13%Median ratestate 6.63%
$475,000Median loanstate $265,000
$20MVolume15 counties

Strong Home Mortgage in Maryland vs the state

8.1%Denial rate-10.66 pts vs state
14.0%Decision denial rate-10.13 pts vs state
50.0%Origination rate-5.71 pts vs state
6.13%Median rate-0.50 pts vs state
-0.10Rate spread (pts)-0.35 pts vs state
$150kMedian applicant income
43Loans originated
7Denied

Trend in Maryland

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202373365.5%6.31%#243
2024103553.9%6.13%#212
202586438.1%6.13%#255

What Strong Home Mortgage lends in Maryland

By loan purpose

Home purchase 47 55% · 10.6% denied
Refinance 31 36% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 4 5% · 25.0% denied
Home improvement 2 2% · 50.0% denied
Other / HELOC 2 2% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 44 51% · 2.3% denied
FHA 26 30% · 19.2% denied
VA 16 19% · 6.3% denied

Why it denied Maryland applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 4 57%
Credit history 2 29%
Collateral 1 14%

Where in Maryland

Counties with the most Strong Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Prince George's County 1881 5.6%
Montgomery County 1762 11.8%
Frederick County 860 0.0%
Baltimore County 831 12.5%
Anne Arundel County 730 0.0%
Howard County 742 28.6%
Calvert County 641 16.7%
Charles County 430 0.0%
Baltimore city 320 0.0%
Harford County 220 0.0%

Other large lenders in Maryland

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 12,80616.8%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 11,43623.0%8.00%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 9,30716.0%6.13%
Truist BankC 6,55934.9%6.49%
Bank of AmericaF 6,05135.8%6.24%
NewrezD 5,73921.0%6.63%
State Employees Credit Union of MarylandD 5,62444.6%6.25%
PNC BankD 5,58228.0%7.41%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 5,49732.0%5.99%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 5,41112.4%6.49%

Frequently asked questions

Maryland: 86 applications in 2025, of which 43 were originated and 7 denied.

8.1% of all applications, or 14.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Maryland statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Strong Home Mortgage originated in Maryland in 2025 was 6.13%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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