Success Lending · California · 2025

Success Lending in California: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Success Lending took 71 mortgage applications in California in 2025, ranking #484 of 1,147 lenders active in the state. It originated 53.5% of them and denied 18.3% (25.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.4%.

71Applicationsin CA
25.5%Decision denial ratestate 22.4%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.63%
$495,000Median loanstate $385,000
$21MVolume22 counties

Success Lending in California vs the state

18.3%Denial rate+0.89 pts vs state
25.5%Decision denial rate+3.09 pts vs state
53.5%Origination rate-2.68 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.38 pts vs state
-0.02Rate spread (pts)-0.29 pts vs state
$162kMedian applicant income
38Loans originated
13Denied

Trend in California

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023714415.5%6.63%#493
2024492812.2%6.88%#531
2025713818.3%6.25%#484

What Success Lending lends in California

By loan purpose

Home purchase 49 69% · 18.4% denied
Refinance 13 18% · 23.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 8 11% · 12.5% denied
Other / HELOC 1 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 48 68% · 16.7% denied
FHA 19 27% · 26.3% denied
VA 4 6% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied California applicants

Incomplete application 8 62%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 15%
Other 1 8%
Unverifiable information 1 8%
Collateral 1 8%

Where in California

Counties with the most Success Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
San Diego County 1163 27.3%
Sacramento County 922 22.2%
Los Angeles County 951 11.1%
Placer County 952 22.2%
San Mateo County 641 16.7%
Solano County 531 20.0%
Contra Costa County 321 33.3%
Riverside County 210 0.0%
Orange County 211 50.0%
Santa Barbara County 210 0.0%

Other large lenders in California

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 79,26112.6%6.49%
Rocket MortgageC 58,92517.6%6.75%
Bank of AmericaF 40,19030.8%5.99%
U.S. BankD 32,49331.6%6.50%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 22,0489.7%6.13%
Spring EqD 21,60150.8%8.88%
SchoolsfirstA 19,08610.0%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 18,75413.5%6.50%
NewrezD 17,00019.3%6.63%
Loandepot.ComD 16,64518.7%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

California: 71 applications in 2025, of which 38 were originated and 13 denied.

18.3% of all applications, or 25.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The California statewide average across all lenders was 17.4%.

The median rate on loans Success Lending originated in California in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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