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FHA denial rates in Virginia: every major lender, ranked (2025)

Direct answer · updated 2026-07-19

Virginia’s FHA denial rate in 2025 was 21.6% across 31,545 decisioned applications — ranking #29 of 52 states. Among high-volume lenders, the lowest observed denial rate was Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group at 3.6%; the highest was Amerisave Mortgage Company at 75.6%. The institutional spread inside Virginia is 21.0×: the same FHA application faces a 3.6% observed denial rate at one high-volume door and 75.6% at another — two real endpoints of the federal record, same state, same program. Source: complete CFPB HMDA 2025 federal record.

Every high-volume FHA lender in Virginia

Cells require 100+ decisioned applications. Sorted softest first. Observed rates — not endorsements.

LenderVirginia FHA appsDenial rate
Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group9153.6%
Alcova Mortgage, LLC7574.0%
Atlantic Coast Mortgage, LLC5505.1%
Crosscountry Mortgage, LLC5856.8%
Movement Mortgage, LLC1,0906.9%
American Neighborhood Mortgage A6537.2%
Freedom Mortgage Corporation1,32717.6%
United Wholesale Mortgage2,38221.7%
Pennymac Loan Services LLC99722.3%
Rocket Mortgage2,84526.3%
Loandepot.Com LLC58335.7%
Nvr Mortgage Finance, Inc.1,22536.6%
Newrez LLC59356.7%
Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC57659.7%
Amerisave Mortgage Company67975.6%

The small-loan penalty in Virginia

Applications under $150K were denied 37.9% of the time versus 18.8% for loans of $250K+ — a 2.0× penalty on the smallest loans. National context: the small-loan penalty.

What is HMDA?

The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act requires every U.S. mortgage lender to report every application — outcome, amount, and denial reason — to federal regulators annually. It is government-verified, covers all lenders equally, and cannot be gamed. These tables are processed directly from that record.

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