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

Direct answer · updated 2026-07-19

Washington’s FHA denial rate in 2025 was 18.1% across 21,479 decisioned applications — ranking #44 of 52 states. Among high-volume lenders, the lowest observed denial rate was Crosscountry Mortgage, LLC at 4.6%; the highest was Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC at 52.5%. The institutional spread inside Washington is 11.4×: the same FHA application faces a 4.6% observed denial rate at one high-volume door and 52.5% 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 Washington

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

LenderWashington FHA appsDenial rate
Crosscountry Mortgage, LLC8324.6%
Cmg Mortgage Inc1,0874.8%
Movement Mortgage, LLC9304.9%
Guild Mortgage Company1,1696.1%
American Pacific Mortgage Corpor5269.1%
Fairway Independent Mort Corp5089.1%
Freedom Mortgage Corporation66317.5%
United Wholesale Mortgage1,96321.4%
Pennymac Loan Services LLC47924.2%
Mutual Of Omaha Mortgage48224.5%
New American Funding, LLC.44325.1%
Rocket Mortgage1,32329.4%
Loandepot.Com LLC47731.9%
Newrez LLC47336.6%
Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC46352.5%

The small-loan penalty in Washington

Applications under $150K were denied 40.9% of the time versus 16.3% for loans of $250K+ — a 2.5× 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.

Who pays for this?

Nobody. No lender pays to appear or improve its position; no ads, no referral fees, no lead sales. FinanceRateCalc is not a lender and does not compete with the institutions it measures. Rates reflect applicant mix and channel as well as underwriting appetite — a high rate is not an accusation, and a low one is not advice. Compare nationally: the top-100 table · the 15-market door map · all 52 states ranked · why each lender says no.