Waterstone Mortgage · Florida · 2025

Waterstone Mortgage in Florida: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Waterstone Mortgage took 1,164 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #139 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 71.5% of them and denied 5.0% (6.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

1.2kApplicationsin FL
6.5%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$285,000Median loanstate $255,000
$255MVolume45 counties

Waterstone Mortgage in Florida vs the state

5.0%Denial rate-16.08 pts vs state
6.5%Decision denial rate-20.75 pts vs state
71.5%Origination rate+18.79 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.42Rate spread (pts)+0.15 pts vs state
$101kMedian applicant income
832Loans originated
58Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232,8781,9736.0%6.75%#66
20242,2731,5915.7%6.75%#80
20251,1648325.0%6.63%#139

What Waterstone Mortgage lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,008 87% · 4.0% denied
Refinance 98 8% · 12.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 54 5% · 11.1% denied
Home improvement 4 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 760 65% · 3.6% denied
FHA 243 21% · 9.5% denied
VA 159 14% · 5.0% denied
USDA / RHS 2 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 17 29%
Credit history 16 28%
Collateral 13 22%
Other 6 10%
Unverifiable information 4 7%
Insufficient cash 2 3%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Waterstone Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Okaloosa County 1561176 3.8%
Orange County 1461097 4.8%
Seminole County 105724 3.8%
Volusia County 86655 5.8%
Pinellas County 73562 2.7%
Lee County 59446 10.2%
Polk County 50334 8.0%
Lake County 46302 4.3%
Walton County 40275 12.5%
Santa Rosa County 39281 2.6%

Other large lenders in Florida

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 71,40515.3%6.44%
Rocket MortgageC 46,61121.0%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 23,63437.7%6.24%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 19,51614.1%6.50%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,45223.2%7.59%
Crosscountry MortgageB 19,1035.2%6.75%
NewrezD 17,51922.4%6.75%
Dhi Mortgage CompanyB 16,66114.5%4.88%
Lennar MortgageA 14,98421.0%4.75%
Truist BankC 14,14041.5%6.60%

Frequently asked questions

Florida: 1,164 applications in 2025, of which 832 were originated and 58 denied.

5.0% of all applications, or 6.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Waterstone Mortgage originated in Florida in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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