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Sunrise Banks review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Sunrise Banks earns a C, in line with the typical performance of small mortgage lenders. It turned down 13.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 37th percentile for approval odds. Compared against 1,883 small mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

291Applications2025
79.0%Originatedof applications
13.0%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
Median ratenational 6.63%
$79MLoan volume3 states

Sunrise Banks at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

12.0%Denial rate (all applications)-5.95 pts vs national
13.0%Denial rate (decided applications)-9.63 pts vs national
79.0%Origination rate+21.01 pts vs national
7.2%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
Median interest rate
Median rate spread (pts over APOR)
$265,000Median loan amount
Median total loan costs
$79kMedian applicant income
Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the C grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 1,883 small mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

37th13.0% denied

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

71st7.2%

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20232842258.8%9.9%$78M
202429521712.5%14.4%$184M
202529123012.0%13.0%$79M

What Sunrise Banks lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 250 86% · 11.6% denied
Refinance 36 12% · 13.9% denied
Home improvement 4 1% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 0% · 100.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 291 100% · 12.0% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 0 manufactured homes, 85 investment properties.

Why Sunrise Banks denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 35 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 10 29%
Insufficient cash 6 17%
Credit history 6 17%
Collateral 4 11%
Other 4 11%
Incomplete application 2 6%
Employment history 2 6%
Unverifiable information 1 3%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Sunrise Banks

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
$50k – $100k1068119.8%
$100k – $150k27257.4%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
25–34554018.4%
35–44867014.6%
45–54443616.3%

Where Sunrise Banks lends

3 states and 25 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Minnesota28022410.7%#118
South Dakota9544.4%#136

Frequently asked questions

Sunrise Banks denied 13.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 37th percentile of small mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Sunrise Banks gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 28.6% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

In 2025, 86% of its applications were for home purchases, 12% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 2% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 100% conventional, 0% FHA, 0% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Sunrise Banks. Data sources · Methodology