Mortgage Lender Index

SCHOOLSFIRST

SCHOOLSFIRST received 19,086 applications in 2025 and made 14,224 mortgages, in 55 counties across 1 state. The median rate its borrowers got was 6.250% on a median loan of $155,000. Of 16,389 decisions, 1,917 were denials — 11.7%, most often for debt-to-income ratio.

Legal Entity Identifier5493001NJEVHTZW7FG34
Applications received19,086
Mortgages made14,224
Denied1,917
Approved, not taken up248
Withdrawn or incomplete2,697
Loans bought from other lenders0
Median rate spread over the prime offer rate-0.3445 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 purchase1,754 6.125%$575,000 2.4%
Refinancing372 5.750%$620,000 15.4%
Cash-out refinancing4,071 6.490%$185,000 10.7%
Other purposes8,027 6.490%$105,000 13.9%

Where SCHOOLSFIRST lends most

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

CountyMortgages madeMedian rateDenied
Orange County, CA 4,9925.500%9.4%
Los Angeles County, CA 2,9596.375%13.1%
Riverside County, CA 2,3606.750%12.8%
San Bernardino County, CA 1,7256.750%13.1%
Sacramento County, CA 7636.740%14.5%
San Diego County, CA 3976.250%7.6%
Placer County, CA 1995.990%8.1%
El Dorado County, CA 1306.250%10.9%
Ventura County, CA 916.250%6.1%
Sutter County, CA 677.000%10.7%
Kern County, CA 476.875%23.5%
San Luis Obispo County, CA 415.990%2.3%
Butte County, CA 345.870%5.6%
San Joaquin County, CA 346.500%26.1%
Yolo County, CA 337.250%22.7%
Yuba County, CA 327.125%13.2%
Alameda County, CA 305.875%18.9%
Contra Costa County, CA 275.875%6.9%
Santa Barbara County, CA 205.563%4.8%
Sonoma County, CA 205.370%4.8%
Nevada County, CA 195.740%25.9%
Santa Clara County, CA 175.750%19.1%
Solano County, CA 176.125%19.1%
Tulare County, CA 166.558%15.8%
Fresno County, CA 146.813%17.7%
Imperial County, CA 126.870%25.0%
Stanislaus County, CA 126.313%18.8%
Monterey County, CA 116.750%14.3%
Amador County, CA 106.745%33.3%
San Mateo County, CA 105.625%0.0%
Calaveras County, CA 8Under 10 loans0.0%
Humboldt County, CA 8Under 10 loans11.1%
Shasta County, CA 8Under 10 loans11.1%
Santa Cruz County, CA 6Under 10 loans25.0%
Glenn County, CA 5Under 10 loans0.0%
Marin County, CA 5Under 10 loans16.7%
Napa County, CA 5Under 10 loans0.0%
Siskiyou County, CA 5Under 10 loans16.7%
Colusa County, CA 4Under 10 loans0.0%
Madera County, CA 4Under 10 loans0.0%
Mono County, CA 4Under 10 loans33.3%
San Francisco County, CA 4Under 10 loans33.3%
Plumas County, CA 3Under 10 loans0.0%
Alpine County, CA 2Under 10 loans0.0%
Inyo County, CA 2Under 10 loans0.0%
Lassen County, CA 2Under 10 loans33.3%
San Benito County, CA 2Under 10 loans0.0%
Tehama County, CA 2Under 10 loans0.0%
Tuolumne County, CA 2Under 10 loans33.3%
Lake County, CA 1Under 10 loans0.0%

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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.