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Pulte Mortgage LLC: FHA denial rate in 2025

Direct answer · updated 2026-07-19

Pulte Mortgage LLC denied 26.8% of its 4,007 decisioned FHA applications in 2025 — rank #25 of the 100 largest FHA lenders, above the national rate of 21.7%. 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 Pulte Mortgage LLC says no

Top cited reasons on denied files in 2025: debt-to-income (62.8%), insufficient cash (14.9%), credit history (14.0%) (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: 4.875%; median spread vs APOR: -1.122 (2,916 originations). Odds and price for all 60 largest doors: rates vs denial.

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Nobody. Pulte Mortgage LLC 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.