Success Lending · Wisconsin · 2025

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

Success Lending took 42 mortgage applications in Wisconsin in 2025, ranking #348 of 938 lenders active in the state. It originated 76.2% of them and denied 9.5% (11.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 14.0%.

42Applicationsin WI
11.1%Decision denial ratestate 16.4%
6.56%Median ratestate 6.63%
$235,000Median loanstate $165,000
$8.3MVolume15 counties

Success Lending in Wisconsin vs the state

9.5%Denial rate-4.49 pts vs state
11.1%Decision denial rate-5.25 pts vs state
76.2%Origination rate+8.04 pts vs state
6.56%Median rate-0.06 pts vs state
0.28Rate spread (pts)+0.16 pts vs state
$98kMedian applicant income
32Loans originated
4Denied

Trend in Wisconsin

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023473321.3%6.99%#315
2024402717.5%7.13%#346
202542329.5%6.56%#348

What Success Lending lends in Wisconsin

By loan purpose

Home purchase 31 74% · 12.9% denied
Refinance 8 19% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 2 5% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 2% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 34 81% · 11.8% denied
FHA 6 14% · 0.0% denied
VA 2 5% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Wisconsin applicants

Incomplete application 3 75%
Collateral 1 25%

Where in Wisconsin

Counties with the most Success Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Milwaukee County 972 22.2%
Rock County 832 25.0%
Portage County 660 0.0%
Waukesha County 440 0.0%
La Crosse County 200 0.0%
Marathon County 210 0.0%
Sheboygan County 220 0.0%
Wood County 220 0.0%
Calumet County 110 0.0%
Kenosha County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Wisconsin

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Summit Credit UnionA 15,48313.8%6.75%
University of Wisconsin Credit UnionA 11,78113.8%6.50%
Landmark Credit UnionA 9,39317.7%6.50%
Rocket MortgageC 7,81918.0%6.63%
Associated BankB 7,45123.7%6.88%
BMO BankF 5,20225.3%8.23%
Educators Credit UnionB 4,93024.3%6.95%
U.S. BankD 4,71026.0%6.88%
Covantage Credit UnionB 4,5817.7%6.50%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 4,42111.8%6.38%

Frequently asked questions

Wisconsin: 42 applications in 2025, of which 32 were originated and 4 denied.

9.5% of all applications, or 11.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Wisconsin statewide average across all lenders was 14.0%.

The median rate on loans Success Lending originated in Wisconsin in 2025 was 6.56%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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