Planet Home FHA Denial Rate (2025): the behavioral file

2025 FHA denial rate
18.4%
#3 of 11 major lenders · loosened 13.5pp since 2018
20182025
2018 rate
31.9%
Shock Beta
41/100
Macro sensitivity (OFI)
66.5

Shock profile: moderate sensitivity. What Shock Beta means →

Statistical relatives

Underwriting twins (similar decision patterns): loanDepot (91/100), UWM (91/100). Behavioral opposites: Guild (75/100), Rocket (58/100). If Planet Home declined a file, its twins are statistically likely to read it the same way — the opposites are a different conversation. Full similarity engine →

What to do with this file

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Source: CFPB HMDA loan-level records, 2018–2025, FRC 11-lender panel; methodology at financeratecalc.com/methodology. Denial rates partly reflect applicant mix. Historical data observation; overlays are lawful; not a recommendation to use or avoid any lender; not financial, legal, or mortgage advice. FRC Intelligence.