Mortgage Lender Index

LOWER, LLC

LOWER, LLC received 29,643 applications in 2025 and made 17,905 mortgages, in 1,874 counties across 47 states. The median rate its borrowers got was 6.500% on a median loan of $285,000. Of 21,067 decisions, 2,926 were denials — 13.9%, most often for debt-to-income ratio.

Legal Entity Identifier549300RN01LBYR8ZVX74
Applications received29,643
Mortgages made17,905
Denied2,926
Approved, not taken up236
Withdrawn or incomplete8,576
Loans bought from other lenders0
Median rate spread over the prime offer rate0.34 points
FDIC-insured bankThis lender is not an FDIC-insured bank under this name: a mortgage company, a credit union, or a bank filing under another name.

By loan purpose

PurposeMortgages madeMedian rateMedian loanDenied
Home purchase13,349 6.500%$295,000 6.8%
Refinancing1,656 6.250%$345,000 21.6%
Cash-out refinancing2,896 6.875%$245,000 33.0%
Other purposes4 Under 10 loansUnder 10 loans 36.4%

Where LOWER, LLC lends most

The 50 counties where it made the most mortgages in 2025. Each county page ranks every lender there.

CountyMortgages madeMedian rateDenied
Franklin County, OH 5486.625%7.8%
Cook County, IL 3166.750%19.0%
Horry County, SC 2876.750%8.0%
Collin County, TX 2286.375%2.9%
Greenville County, SC 2126.625%7.8%
Lee County, FL 2076.625%8.3%
Scott County, IA 2026.750%4.2%
Maricopa County, AZ 2006.433%13.2%
Tarrant County, TX 1676.624%6.7%
El Paso County, CO 1606.250%7.4%
Prince George's County, MD 1606.750%17.3%
Hidalgo County, TX 1606.500%9.0%
Arapahoe County, CO 1546.375%7.2%
Weld County, CO 1456.375%5.2%
Dallas County, TX 1456.250%4.6%
Polk County, FL 1436.490%12.8%
Yellowstone County, MT 1426.125%7.8%
Denton County, TX 1416.500%7.7%
Berkeley County, SC 1376.375%8.0%
Jefferson County, KY 1366.625%8.0%
Hillsborough County, FL 1336.500%10.1%
Pinellas County, FL 1276.624%8.6%
Polk County, IA 1276.750%7.2%
Jefferson County, CO 1256.500%5.3%
Broward County, FL 1216.500%20.0%
Kane County, IL 1166.750%3.3%
Denver County, CO 1136.375%7.4%
Macon County, IL 1126.625%1.8%
Delaware County, OH 1126.750%4.2%
Palm Beach County, FL 1116.625%13.1%
Adams County, CO 1096.250%9.2%
DuPage County, IL 1086.875%6.1%
Lexington County, SC 1076.490%6.1%
Dorchester County, SC 1006.375%13.7%
Spartanburg County, SC 1006.625%9.1%
Calcasieu Parish, LA 986.625%8.3%
Montgomery County, MD 976.500%5.7%
Nash County, NC 966.250%2.0%
Fairfield County, OH 966.624%7.7%
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA 916.625%5.2%
Richland County, SC 906.250%18.6%
Will County, IL 896.875%9.7%
Charleston County, SC 886.625%5.3%
Wayne County, NC 866.500%1.2%
DeSoto County, FL 826.500%8.8%
Miami-Dade County, FL 806.500%30.8%
Douglas County, CO 776.500%8.2%
Rock Island County, IL 776.875%6.1%
Hamilton County, OH 776.500%14.4%
Marion County, IN 736.625%15.7%

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Counts, medians and denial shares are computed from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act loan-level file for 2025, published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through the FFIEC: every application a covered lender received, as the lender reported it. A median rate is what borrowers got, not what you will be offered — it depends on the loan, the property, your credit and the market on the day, and no figure here is a quote. A median over fewer than 10 loans is not shown: it is a number with no meaning and a real person's rate half-exposed. Those cells say "under 10 loans" and the count is still published. This is information, not advice, and no lender pays to appear.