Waterstone Mortgage · Rhode Island · 2025

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

Waterstone Mortgage took 109 mortgage applications in Rhode Island in 2025, ranking #66 of 453 lenders active in the state. It originated 62.4% of them and denied 7.3% (10.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.7%.

109Applicationsin RI
10.5%Decision denial ratestate 23.2%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.75%
$385,000Median loanstate $255,000
$29MVolume5 counties

Waterstone Mortgage in Rhode Island vs the state

7.3%Denial rate-11.36 pts vs state
10.5%Decision denial rate-12.64 pts vs state
62.4%Origination rate+2.64 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.38Rate spread (pts)+0.20 pts vs state
$126kMedian applicant income
68Loans originated
8Denied

Trend in Rhode Island

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202361446.6%6.88%#81
2024118647.6%6.63%#57
2025109687.3%6.50%#66

What Waterstone Mortgage lends in Rhode Island

By loan purpose

Home purchase 83 76% · 7.2% denied
Refinance 22 20% · 4.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 4 4% · 25.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 72 66% · 5.6% denied
FHA 24 22% · 12.5% denied
VA 13 12% · 7.7% denied

Why it denied Rhode Island applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 7 88%
Credit history 1 13%

Where in Rhode Island

Counties with the most Waterstone Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Providence County 50266 12.0%
Kent County 27200 0.0%
Newport County 23161 4.3%
Washington County 541 20.0%
Bristol County 420 0.0%

Other large lenders in Rhode Island

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Citizens BankC 6,32927.8%7.40%
Navigant Credit UnionB 2,84716.1%6.50%
COASTAL1 Credit UnionB 1,93124.3%6.75%
The Washington Trust Company, of WesterlyC 1,75521.9%6.38%
Rocket MortgageC 1,43019.7%6.75%
Movement MortgageA 1,3083.6%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 1,29839.1%6.24%
Primary Residential MortgageC 1,0568.4%6.63%
BankNewportB 1,01419.7%6.63%
CMG MortgageA 9927.6%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

Rhode Island: 109 applications in 2025, of which 68 were originated and 8 denied.

7.3% of all applications, or 10.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Rhode Island statewide average across all lenders was 18.7%.

The median rate on loans Waterstone Mortgage originated in Rhode Island in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

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