Strong Home Mortgage · North Carolina · 2025

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

Strong Home Mortgage took 106 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #314 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 52.8% of them and denied 4.7% (8.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

106Applicationsin NC
8.1%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.50%
$415,000Median loanstate $225,000
$26MVolume43 counties

Strong Home Mortgage in North Carolina vs the state

4.7%Denial rate-13.34 pts vs state
8.1%Decision denial rate-14.76 pts vs state
52.8%Origination rate-4.98 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
-0.07Rate spread (pts)-0.16 pts vs state
$157kMedian applicant income
56Loans originated
5Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023130600.8%6.25%#251
2024142723.5%6.13%#256
2025106564.7%6.25%#314

What Strong Home Mortgage lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 70 66% · 4.3% denied
Refinance 28 26% · 7.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 5 5% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 1 1% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 2 2% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 68 64% · 1.5% denied
FHA 24 23% · 8.3% denied
VA 14 13% · 14.3% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Credit history 3 60%
Other 1 20%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 20%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Strong Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Mecklenburg County 23101 4.3%
Wake County 1280 0.0%
Forsyth County 640 0.0%
Durham County 530 0.0%
New Hanover County 400 0.0%
Haywood County 312 66.7%
Rutherford County 310 0.0%
Harnett County 310 0.0%
Gaston County 311 33.3%
Lincoln County 210 0.0%

Other large lenders in North Carolina

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
State Employees'C 47,89325.2%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 25,10916.0%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 18,88411.4%6.13%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 15,00838.0%7.75%
Truist BankC 14,36430.3%6.50%
Movement MortgageA 11,0912.6%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 10,56519.4%7.13%
First-Citizens Bank & TrustB 10,31919.6%6.38%
Bank of AmericaF 10,27628.2%6.24%
Mortgage Research CenterC 10,02917.7%6.25%

Frequently asked questions

North Carolina: 106 applications in 2025, of which 56 were originated and 5 denied.

4.7% of all applications, or 8.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Strong Home Mortgage originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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