FinanceRateCalc · CA · 2025 federal record
FHA denial rates by lender in San Diego, CA
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
56.1
percentage points · 0.8% vs 56.9%
The doors
Crosscountry Mortgage
118 decisioned applications here
0.8%
Pennymac Loan Services
113 decisioned applications here
20.4%
United Wholesale Mortgage
927 decisioned applications here
22.9%
Rocket Mortgage
322 decisioned applications here
28.3%
Lakeview Loan Servicing
116 decisioned applications here
56.9%
Metro FHA denial rate: 23.6% across 3,679 decisioned applications (national: 22.1%). Smaller loans in this metro were denied at None% versus 22.8% for larger loans — a None× 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