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

Total Mortgage Services earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 5.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 70th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.34 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 35th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

8.6kApplications2025
76.6%Originatedof applications
5.4%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.63%Median ratenational 6.63%
$2.2BLoan volume40 states

Total Mortgage Services at a glance, 2025

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

4.4%Denial rate (all applications)-13.61 pts vs national
5.4%Denial rate (decided applications)-17.24 pts vs national
76.6%Origination rate+18.59 pts vs national
17.8%Withdrawn by applicant
0.5%Closed for incompleteness
6.63%Median interest rate0.00 pts vs national
0.34Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.09 pts vs national
$315,000Median loan amount
$7,108Median total loan costs
$110kMedian applicant income
90%Median loan-to-value
8High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B 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%

70th5.4% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

35th0.34 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

43rd18.3%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

50th2.26% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20236,4734,6836.6%8.4%6.63%$1.3B
20247,9215,9665.9%7.2%6.75%$1.8B
20258,5536,5534.4%5.4%6.63%$2.2B

What Total Mortgage Services 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 7,276 85% · 4.5% denied
Refinance 401 5% · 2.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 646 8% · 5.7% denied
Home improvement 143 2% · 0.7% denied
Other / HELOC 87 1% · 1.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 6,638 78% · 3.9% denied
FHA 1,544 18% · 6.7% denied
VA 332 4% · 2.4% denied
USDA / RHS 39 0% · 2.6% denied

Also: 187 home-equity lines, 23 reverse mortgages, 51 manufactured homes, 536 investment properties.

Why Total Mortgage Services denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 374 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 102 27%
Collateral 100 27%
Other 69 18%
Credit history 55 15%
Insufficient cash 33 9%
Employment history 8 2%
Unverifiable information 4 1%
Incomplete application 3 1%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Total Mortgage Services

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k40925715.3%
$50k – $100k3,0982,3566.8%
$100k – $150k2,4221,9224.1%
$150k – $250k1,6271,2902.9%
Over $250k8226074.2%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 253672944.8%
25–342,8652,2574.4%
35–442,3721,8165.2%
45–541,4541,0727.4%
55–649937485.6%
65–743942806.9%
Over 74107864.4%

Where Total Mortgage Services lends

40 states and 351 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Connecticut4,2193,2994.5%6.63%#5
Massachusetts1,7451,3614.5%6.63%#25
Maine4413133.6%6.88%#36
New Hampshire4013203.7%6.63%#40
Florida2652013.8%6.99%#328
New York2591855.0%6.88%#188
Rhode Island2041482.5%6.75%#51
Maryland1721194.7%6.75%#176
Pennsylvania1531175.2%6.99%#320
New Jersey1421123.5%6.88%#229
Guam125933.2%6.25%#1
South Carolina122921.6%6.88%#234
Virginia69474.4%6.75%#333
North Carolina44332.3%7.13%#418
Georgia28217.1%7.25%#530
Illinois24134.2%7.13%#572
Tennessee18816.7%6.63%#549
Texas1765.9%6.56%#885
West Virginia15110.0%6.63%#217
California11618.2%7.06%#721
Kentucky1050.0%6.99%#412
Vermont9811.1%7.44%#112
Arizona7614.3%6.75%#570
District of Columbia6233.3%6.94%#226
Nevada610.0%5.50%#351
Washington6416.7%7.13%#514
Wisconsin540.0%6.38%#589

Frequently asked questions

Total Mortgage Services denied 5.4% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 70th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Total Mortgage Services gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 27.3% 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 Total Mortgage Services originated in 2025 was 6.63%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.34 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 85% of its applications were for home purchases, 12% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 3% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 78% conventional, 18% 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 Total Mortgage Services. Data sources · Methodology