Mortgage lender · Charlotte, NC · LEI JJKC32MCHWDI71265Z06

Truist Bank review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Truist Bank earns a C, in line with the typical performance of home-equity (HELOC) lenders. It turned down 40.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 9th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.06 points below the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 62nd percentile on pricing. Compared against 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

84kApplications2025
49.1%Originatedof applications
40.8%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.49%Median ratenational 6.63%
$14BLoan volume50 states

Truist Bank at a glance, 2025

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

35.6%Denial rate (all applications)+17.64 pts vs national
40.8%Denial rate (decided applications)+18.21 pts vs national
49.1%Origination rate-8.92 pts vs national
8.8%Withdrawn by applicant
3.9%Closed for incompleteness
6.49%Median interest rate-0.13 pts vs national
-0.06Median rate spread (pts over APOR)-0.31 pts vs national
$135,000Median loan amount
$5,232Median total loan costs
$112kMedian applicant income
65%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the C grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 412 home-equity (HELOC) lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

9th40.8% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

62nd-0.06 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

49th12.7%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

31st3.88% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
202391,11543,05839.0%43.3%7.38%$11B
202479,64835,86540.8%46.3%7.44%$9.8B
202583,60141,05935.6%40.8%6.49%$14B

What Truist Bank 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 19,135 23% · 10.7% denied
Refinance 17,432 21% · 32.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 3,943 5% · 15.1% denied
Home improvement 19,179 23% · 50.2% denied
Other / HELOC 23,912 29% · 50.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 81,121 97% · 36.2% denied
FHA 1,574 2% · 22.5% denied
VA 793 1% · 6.9% denied
USDA / RHS 113 0% · 18.6% denied

Also: 58,576 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 817 manufactured homes, 1,422 investment properties.

Why Truist Bank denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 29,775 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 10,143 34%
Incomplete application 9,593 32%
Credit history 6,510 22%
Collateral 1,607 5%
Other 1,317 4%
Unverifiable information 284 1%
Insufficient cash 210 1%
Employment history 111 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Truist Bank

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

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k10,5653,28960.9%
$50k – $100k24,28011,22643.5%
$100k – $150k15,8978,39136.5%
$150k – $250k15,0588,71830.7%
Over $250k13,6808,38126.2%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 2580549921.7%
25–347,8754,46730.7%
35–4414,8427,43439.6%
45–5417,1047,89545.1%
55–6418,7658,84243.8%
65–7415,3167,51740.6%
Over 748,8064,35438.7%

Where Truist Bank lends

50 states and 1,528 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
North Carolina14,3647,92030.3%6.50%#5
Florida14,1406,11741.5%6.60%#10
Virginia11,8386,37431.6%6.49%#4
Georgia10,5634,83738.7%6.49%#4
Maryland6,5593,24534.9%6.49%#4
South Carolina4,3662,17834.7%6.60%#12
Pennsylvania4,1952,15235.5%6.49%#24
Tennessee4,1142,01437.2%6.63%#13
Texas3,3591,26046.7%6.37%#56
Kentucky2,0551,02633.3%6.60%#20
West Virginia1,77691931.1%6.63%#5
Alabama1,15652838.8%6.75%#47
New Jersey1,00241741.3%6.37%#64
California98632554.0%6.38%#175
District of Columbia52924041.2%6.25%#5
Missouri4113117.1%6.50%#110
Ohio34415633.7%6.38%#178
Indiana2799835.8%6.66%#165
Mississippi1675852.7%6.77%#96
Arkansas1479423.1%6.49%#129
Delaware139846.5%6.25%#66
Iowa1391128.6%6.38%#129
Illinois945610.6%6.49%#355
Massachusetts72568.3%6.16%#285
Minnesota684811.8%6.38%#250
Colorado66447.6%6.13%#272
New York663813.6%5.94%#311
Kansas58406.9%6.38%#211
Louisiana411717.1%6.13%#268
Connecticut36255.6%5.99%#237
Michigan34225.9%6.00%#375
Utah331712.1%5.68%#207
Washington32213.1%6.10%#338
Oklahoma29190.0%6.49%#308
Maine26110.0%6.24%#158
Montana24912.5%6.63%#132
New Mexico23168.7%5.98%#194
Idaho17140.0%5.84%#235
Oregon17125.9%6.25%#308
Nebraska161312.5%6.13%#223
New Hampshire15130.0%6.48%#221
Arizona14107.1%5.50%#463
Rhode Island1278.3%5.99%#176
Wisconsin12716.7%6.25%#467
Nevada9411.1%6.33%#322
Vermont970.0%6.13%#116
Wyoming960.0%6.28%#150
North Dakota630.0%6.10%#155
South Dakota5120.0%5.75%#172

Frequently asked questions

Truist Bank denied 40.8% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 9th percentile of home-equity (HELOC) lenders.

The most common reason Truist Bank gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 34.1% 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 Truist Bank originated in 2025 was 6.49%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was -0.06 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 23% of its applications were for home purchases, 26% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 52% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 97% conventional, 2% FHA, 1% 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 Truist Bank. Data sources · Methodology