Wall Street Mortgage Bankers · California · 2025

Wall Street Mortgage Bankers in California: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Wall Street Mortgage Bankers took 241 mortgage applications in California in 2025, ranking #339 of 1,147 lenders active in the state. It originated 55.6% of them and denied 10.4% (15.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.4%.

241Applicationsin CA
15.5%Decision denial ratestate 22.4%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$1,055,000Median loanstate $385,000
$170MVolume21 counties

Wall Street Mortgage Bankers in California vs the state

10.4%Denial rate-7.05 pts vs state
15.5%Decision denial rate-6.87 pts vs state
55.6%Origination rate-0.60 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.00Rate spread (pts)-0.27 pts vs state
$338kMedian applicant income
134Loans originated
25Denied

Trend in California

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023944114.9%7.63%#453
20241449313.9%6.88%#386
202524113410.4%6.50%#339

What Wall Street Mortgage Bankers lends in California

By loan purpose

Home purchase 115 48% · 9.6% denied
Refinance 97 40% · 11.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 29 12% · 10.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 238 99% · 9.7% denied
FHA 3 1% · 66.7% denied

Why it denied California applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 11 44%
Collateral 5 20%
Other 4 16%
Unverifiable information 2 8%
Insufficient cash 1 4%
Credit history 1 4%
Incomplete application 1 4%

Where in California

Counties with the most Wall Street Mortgage Bankers applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Los Angeles County 1247014 11.3%
Orange County 35173 8.6%
Santa Clara County 17123 17.6%
San Diego County 1342 15.4%
Ventura County 980 0.0%
Contra Costa County 840 0.0%
Alameda County 621 16.7%
San Mateo County 540 0.0%
San Francisco County 511 20.0%
Marin County 540 0.0%

Other large lenders in California

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 79,26112.6%6.49%
Rocket MortgageC 58,92517.6%6.75%
Bank of AmericaF 40,19030.8%5.99%
U.S. BankD 32,49331.6%6.50%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 22,0489.7%6.13%
Spring EqD 21,60150.8%8.88%
SchoolsfirstA 19,08610.0%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 18,75413.5%6.50%
NewrezD 17,00019.3%6.63%
Loandepot.ComD 16,64518.7%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

California: 241 applications in 2025, of which 134 were originated and 25 denied.

10.4% of all applications, or 15.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The California statewide average across all lenders was 17.4%.

The median rate on loans Wall Street Mortgage Bankers originated in California in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Wall Street Mortgage Bankers's own HMDA filing for properties located in California, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology