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Top Flite Financial review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Top Flite Financial earns a D, weaker than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 11.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 45th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 1.05 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 5th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

5.6kApplications2025
54.7%Originatedof applications
11.8%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.75%Median ratenational 6.63%
$750MLoan volume40 states

Top Flite Financial at a glance, 2025

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

7.4%Denial rate (all applications)-10.56 pts vs national
11.8%Denial rate (decided applications)-10.79 pts vs national
54.7%Origination rate-3.31 pts vs national
33.3%Withdrawn by applicant
3.9%Closed for incompleteness
6.75%Median interest rate+0.13 pts vs national
1.05Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.79 pts vs national
$205,000Median loan amount
$10,941Median total loan costs
$78kMedian applicant income
80%Median loan-to-value
3High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the D 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%

45th11.8% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

5th1.05 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

4th37.2%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

4th5.34% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20235,2962,47510.6%18.3%6.75%$509M
20244,8502,46916.6%24.3%6.88%$562M
20255,5943,0617.4%11.8%6.75%$750M

What Top Flite Financial 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 1,882 34% · 5.0% denied
Refinance 129 2% · 7.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 3,288 59% · 8.4% denied
Home improvement 293 5% · 11.6% denied
Other / HELOC 2 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,564 28% · 3.2% denied
FHA 3,745 67% · 9.3% denied
VA 240 4% · 6.7% denied
USDA / RHS 45 1% · 4.4% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 8 reverse mortgages, 282 manufactured homes, 84 investment properties.

Why Top Flite Financial denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 415 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Other 124 30%
Credit history 118 28%
Debt-to-income ratio 84 20%
Collateral 53 13%
Unverifiable information 21 5%
Employment history 9 2%
Insufficient cash 5 1%
Incomplete application 1 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Top Flite Financial

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k1,10248517.6%
$50k – $100k2,5871,44811.8%
$100k – $150k1,1187028.7%
$150k – $250k58132610.5%
Over $250k161885.4%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 251561203.2%
25–346324205.3%
35–4499557711.3%
45–541,42681113.1%
55–641,32766714.9%
65–7480537312.5%
Over 742539314.6%

Where Top Flite Financial lends

40 states and 1,181 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Florida7584585.7%6.63%#188
Georgia5553347.0%6.62%#142
Michigan4052537.7%6.75%#143
Colorado3632731.9%6.50%#129
North Carolina3351699.6%6.88%#179
Ohio3071739.8%6.88%#189
Tennessee2711555.9%6.63%#176
Pennsylvania2571268.6%6.75%#242
Indiana2121157.1%6.75%#192
Missouri182947.7%6.88%#195
Kentucky177859.0%6.88%#160
California169735.3%6.88%#383
South Carolina160827.5%6.88%#200
Arizona136718.1%6.63%#208
Alabama129543.9%6.88%#198
Arkansas1125810.7%6.75%#142
Virginia112548.9%6.88%#277
Wisconsin1074311.2%6.75%#246
Massachusetts102609.8%6.88%#248
Connecticut95465.3%6.88%#171
Louisiana893710.1%6.75%#190
Maryland72249.7%6.75%#273
Minnesota683113.2%6.88%#251
Washington66309.1%6.75%#276
Nevada593013.6%6.88%#190
Oregon522711.5%6.63%#218
Kansas40185.0%6.88%#246
Maine38155.3%6.88%#137
New Mexico381115.8%6.63%#166
Idaho25140.0%6.88%#207
Utah22100.0%6.44%#231
Illinois20815.0%6.88%#595
Texas19610.5%6.62%#870
Oklahoma18105.6%6.56%#341
New Jersey1377.7%6.38%#503

Frequently asked questions

Top Flite Financial denied 11.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 45th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Top Flite Financial gave in 2025 was "other", cited on 29.9% 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 Top Flite Financial originated in 2025 was 6.75%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 1.05 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 34% of its applications were for home purchases, 61% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 5% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 28% conventional, 67% FHA, 4% 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 Top Flite Financial. Data sources · Methodology