What is Flagstar Bank Na's FHA denial rate in 2025?

Flagstar Bank Na denied 40.7% of its 2,933 decisioned FHA applications in 2025 - rank #11 of the 100 largest FHA lenders, above the national rate of 22.1% - per FinanceRateCalc analysis of complete CFPB HMDA federal records. Observed rates reflect applicant mix and channel as well as underwriting.

Is it hard to get approved with Flagstar Bank Na?

In 2025 Flagstar Bank Na denied 40.7% of the FHA mortgage applications it decided, approving 59.3%, across 2,933 applications. The median denial rate across the 100 largest FHA lenders was 13.8%, so its record is harder than most. A denial rate reflects who applies there as well as how the lender underwrites, and it does not predict the outcome of any individual application.

What is Flagstar Bank Na's mortgage approval rate?

59.3% of FHA applications that reached a credit decision at Flagstar Bank Na in 2025 were approved, computed from the complete CFPB HMDA record (originated plus approved-but-not-accepted, over all decisioned applications).

Why was my mortgage denied by Flagstar Bank Na?

The lender must give you the specific reasons in writing within 30 days under federal law. Denial reasons are distributed very differently between institutions, so the reason on your letter is worth comparing against that lender's own pattern and against its peers. A denial at one lender does not mean the same file would be denied elsewhere: in 2025 denial rates across the 100 largest FHA lenders ranged from 1.8% to 78.7%.

Flagstar Bank Na: FHA denial rate in 2025

Q: Why does Flagstar Bank Na deny FHA loans?

The leading cited reasons on Flagstar Bank Na's denied FHA files in 2025 were incomplete application (37.1%), credit history (22.6%), debt-to-income (19.5%), per FinanceRateCalc analysis of federal HMDA denial-reason records.

Direct answer · updated 2026-10-01

Flagstar Bank Na’s FHA denial rate in 2025 was 40.7%.

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Flagstar Bank Na denied 40.7% of its 2,933 decisioned FHA applications in 2025 — rank #11 of the 100 largest FHA lenders, above the national rate of 22.1%. Source: complete CFPB HMDA 2025 federal record. Observed rates reflect applicant mix and channel as well as underwriting — not an endorsement or a warning.

Why Flagstar Bank Na says no

Top cited reasons on denied files in 2025: incomplete application (37.1%), credit history (22.6%), debt-to-income (19.5%) (shares of all cited reasons; a denied file may cite several). Reason codes record outcomes, not causes — context: the reason fingerprint.

The price at this door

Median rate on originated FHA purchase loans in 2025: 6.25%; median spread vs APOR: 0.311 (1,404 originations). Odds and price for all 60 largest doors: rates vs denial.

Where Flagstar Bank Na operates

State	FHA apps	Denial rate
MI	656	39.8%

Largest state markets (cells n≥100). State pages: the door map.

Figures on this page were re-read from the data files on 2026-10-01; an earlier version carried values from before the 26 July 2026 universe correction (reverse mortgages removed). Corrections log.

Who pays for this?

Nobody. Flagstar Bank Na did not pay to appear here and cannot pay to change this page. FinanceRateCalc is not a lender, has no lending partners, and sells no leads — tables are processed independently from federal filings by a former banker with 23 years of credit experience. Compare: all 100 lenders ranked · all 52 states · five myths vs the record.

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Source: CFPB HMDA 2025 Snapshot, FHA loan-level records (loan_type 2); decisioned applications (actions 1,2,3); denial = action 3. Reason shares over all cited reasons (lenders ≥500 apps & ≥100 denials); pricing medians over originated purchase loans; state cells n≥100. Name per 2025 Transmittal Sheet. Historical data observation — not financial, legal, or mortgage advice. FRC Research.