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Denial Rates on Government-Insured Mortgages Steady in 2025
May 22, 2026
Namrata Bhatia
Lenders turned down 22.0% of applications received for FHA loans in 2025. The rejection rate on VA mortgages was a more modest 16.1%. (Includes data table.)
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