Zillow Home Loans · Florida · 2025

Zillow Home Loans in Florida: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Zillow Home Loans took 2,241 mortgage applications in Florida in 2025, ranking #88 of 1,993 lenders active in the state. It originated 71.0% of them and denied 6.9% (8.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 21.1%.

2.2kApplicationsin FL
8.8%Decision denial ratestate 27.2%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$275,000Median loanstate $255,000
$480MVolume48 counties

Zillow Home Loans in Florida vs the state

6.9%Denial rate-14.14 pts vs state
8.8%Decision denial rate-18.48 pts vs state
71.0%Origination rate+18.26 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.31Rate spread (pts)+0.04 pts vs state
$104kMedian applicant income
1,590Loans originated
155Denied

Trend in Florida

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20235413518.1%6.75%#222
20241,1007568.2%6.63%#142
20252,2411,5906.9%6.50%#88

What Zillow Home Loans lends in Florida

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,229 99% · 6.9% denied
Refinance 4 0% · 25.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 6 0% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 1 0% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,563 70% · 6.1% denied
FHA 435 19% · 10.1% denied
VA 243 11% · 6.2% denied

Why it denied Florida applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 68 44%
Collateral 51 33%
Other 22 14%
Unverifiable information 8 5%
Credit history 5 3%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in Florida

Counties with the most Zillow Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Brevard County 15611811 7.1%
Orange County 1359611 8.1%
Duval County 124895 4.0%
Marion County 121889 7.4%
Lee County 1168510 8.6%
Hillsborough County 109822 1.8%
Volusia County 109748 7.3%
Polk County 108768 7.4%
Broward County 1026412 11.8%
Pinellas County 100748 8.0%

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: 2,241 applications in 2025, of which 1,590 were originated and 155 denied.

6.9% of all applications, or 8.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Florida statewide average across all lenders was 21.1%.

The median rate on loans Zillow Home Loans originated in Florida in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Zillow Home Loans'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