Success Lending · North Carolina · 2025

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

Success Lending took 175 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #245 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 63.4% of them and denied 16.0% (19.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

175Applicationsin NC
19.9%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$285,000Median loanstate $225,000
$35MVolume41 counties

Success Lending in North Carolina vs the state

16.0%Denial rate-2.06 pts vs state
19.9%Decision denial rate-2.96 pts vs state
63.4%Origination rate+5.62 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.39Rate spread (pts)+0.30 pts vs state
$102kMedian applicant income
111Loans originated
28Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202328157.1%6.88%#447
2024724713.9%6.63%#344
202517511116.0%6.63%#245

What Success Lending lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 152 87% · 17.8% denied
Refinance 17 10% · 5.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 4 2% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 2 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 79 45% · 16.5% denied
FHA 60 34% · 15.0% denied
VA 31 18% · 16.1% denied
USDA / RHS 5 3% · 20.0% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Incomplete application 15 54%
Debt-to-income ratio 6 21%
Other 4 14%
Collateral 2 7%
Insufficient cash 1 4%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most Success Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Wake County 18101 5.6%
Wayne County 1272 16.7%
Gaston County 1274 33.3%
Iredell County 1182 18.2%
Mecklenburg County 1182 18.2%
Johnston County 1091 10.0%
Cabarrus County 1054 40.0%
Cumberland County 851 12.5%
Forsyth County 742 28.6%
Rowan County 540 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: 175 applications in 2025, of which 111 were originated and 28 denied.

16.0% of all applications, or 19.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Success Lending originated in North Carolina in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Success Lending'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