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Swbc Mortgage review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Swbc Mortgage earns an A, placing it in the top fifth of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 4.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 79th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.19 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 62nd percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

8.5kApplications2025
75.7%Originatedof applications
4.0%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$2.3BLoan volume36 states

Swbc Mortgage at a glance, 2025

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

3.4%Denial rate (all applications)-14.62 pts vs national
4.0%Denial rate (decided applications)-18.55 pts vs national
75.7%Origination rate+17.69 pts vs national
16.6%Withdrawn by applicant
0.2%Closed for incompleteness
6.63%Median interest rate0.00 pts vs national
0.19Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.06 pts vs national
$305,000Median loan amount
$5,107Median total loan costs
$107kMedian applicant income
90%Median loan-to-value
1High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the A grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

79th4.0% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

62nd0.19 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

50th16.9%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

74th1.67% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20239,2316,8584.3%5.2%6.75%$2.1B
20249,3847,2073.7%4.4%6.63%$2.3B
20258,5066,4413.4%4.0%6.63%$2.3B

What Swbc Mortgage 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 7,150 84% · 3.1% denied
Refinance 928 11% · 5.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 361 4% · 2.8% denied
Home improvement 64 1% · 10.9% denied
Other / HELOC 3 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 6,064 71% · 2.9% denied
FHA 1,554 18% · 5.9% denied
VA 800 9% · 2.0% denied
USDA / RHS 88 1% · 4.6% denied

Also: 73 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 90 manufactured homes, 458 investment properties.

Why Swbc Mortgage denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 286 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 87 30%
Collateral 83 29%
Credit history 35 12%
Other 27 9%
Employment history 24 8%
Unverifiable information 16 6%
Insufficient cash 13 5%
Incomplete application 1 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Swbc Mortgage

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k7595259.1%
$50k – $100k3,0012,2934.6%
$100k – $150k1,9091,4623.2%
$150k – $250k1,6001,2312.6%
Over $250k9847501.7%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 255614355.3%
25–342,5001,9433.6%
35–442,1551,6423.3%
45–541,4791,0985.3%
55–641,0928065.0%
65–745413782.9%
Over 741781393.4%

Where Swbc Mortgage lends

36 states and 673 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Texas2,0921,6072.5%6.50%#92
Georgia9006385.3%6.50%#103
Tennessee8446313.3%6.63%#79
Colorado6355110.6%6.63%#90
Minnesota5764763.5%6.63%#75
Virginia5724563.9%6.63%#104
Maryland5624243.4%6.63%#80
Florida4693294.1%6.63%#247
Arkansas4433551.4%6.50%#60
Pennsylvania4052998.2%6.50%#185
Oklahoma2962140.3%6.63%#97
Utah1251021.6%6.50%#123
Alabama116841.7%6.63%#210
Mississippi97488.3%6.13%#132
North Carolina73545.5%6.63%#355
District of Columbia67501.5%6.50%#62
Kentucky60413.3%6.38%#248
Louisiana43317.0%6.63%#265
South Carolina362116.7%6.75%#381
Wisconsin181511.1%6.63%#429
Ohio16100.0%6.88%#557
Delaware1298.3%6.69%#222
West Virginia1298.3%6.50%#237
New Jersey760.0%6.56%#566
Arizona6416.7%6.63%#591
Nevada520.0%6.56%#374

Frequently asked questions

Swbc Mortgage denied 4.0% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 79th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Swbc Mortgage gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 30.4% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Swbc Mortgage originated in 2025 was 6.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.19 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 84% of its applications were for home purchases, 15% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 1% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 71% conventional, 18% FHA, 9% 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 Swbc Mortgage. Data sources · Methodology