LendingTree, America’s largest online lending marketplace, tells us that 75% of all refinance applications are being approved. Where one lives could make a difference in that approval/rejection process.
Places that have the right combination of home price appreciation (between 2012 and 2019) and good credit scores tend to be most successful per refinance applications.
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Here are the states with the highest and lowest refinance success rates, according to data utilizing 10M loan applications from over 5,000 lenders from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s Home Mortgage Disclosure Act:
States with the Highest Rates of Successful Refinance Applications
State Rate Aver. Amount Home Appreciation 2012-2019
Utah 82% $248,151 39%
ND 81% $192,419 60%
MA 79% $302,486 19%
MN 79% $207,420 21%
IO 79% $155,541 24%
CO 78% $281363 58%
OR 78% $258,150 39%
SD 80% $182,068 32%
WA 79% $299,509 37%
NB 79% $161506 28%
All of the states with the highest rates of successful refinance applications have credit scores ranging from 741 to 752.
States with the Lowest Rates of Successful Refinance Application
NM 67% $187,951 8%
FL 68% $210,977 35%
AL 70% $170,832 21%
GA 70% $200,390 21%
CT 71% $262,873 -3%
DL 71% $211,903 6%
OK 71% $162,039 26%
NJ 71% $275,579 7%
SC 72% $194,795 24%
PA 72% $167,882 13%
All of the states with the lowest rates of successful refinance applications have credit scores ranging from 719 to 743.
Thanks to New York Times contributor Michael Kolomatsk and the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council for source material.
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