FinanceRateCalc · NC · 2025 federal record
FHA denial rates by lender in Raleigh, NC
Which door an applicant knocks on changes the odds more than almost anything else visible in the public record. Here is what the 5 highest-volume FHA lenders in this metro actually did in 2025.
Spread between the softest and strictest door
15.1
percentage points · 14.0% vs 29.1%
The doors
Freedom Mortgage
286 decisioned applications here
14.0%
DHI Mortgage.
258 decisioned applications here
24.8%
United Wholesale Mortgage
351 decisioned applications here
25.9%
Rocket Mortgage
376 decisioned applications here
28.7%
Loandepot.Com
234 decisioned applications here
29.1%
Metro FHA denial rate: 21.1% across 5,455 decisioned applications (national: 22.1%). Smaller loans in this metro were denied at 49.7% versus 18.0% for larger loans — a 2.76× gap.
What this does not say: HMDA contains no credit scores. These are observed aggregates and partly reflect applicant mix, channel and documentation practices — not proof of misconduct, and not a prediction for any individual application. We never recommend lenders and no lender pays us.
Does it stay this way?
Nationally, yes. Across 2018–2025, 80.8% of the variance in large-lender denial rates sits between lenders rather than within them, and the most lenient large lender was the same institution in seven of eight years. Persistent Doors (SSRN)
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Receipt for these figures: machine-readable claim passport · all 184 metros: metro table · method: The Door Effect