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Leaderone Financial Corp.
HMDA reporter, headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. Record for calendar year 2024.
HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Figures are from the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register; cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Leaderone Financial Corp. reported 6,730 mortgage applications under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act for 2024 in 25 states, of which 4,570 became loans it originated, for $1.3bn in total.
Its denial rate, the share of decided applications the lender denied, was 10.4%, below the national rate of 24.3% and below the Missouri rate of 19.9%. 1,540 applications were withdrawn by the applicant and 62 files were closed for incompleteness; those are not counted in the denial rate.
The median rate spread on its originated loans, the difference between the loan's APR and the average prime offer rate, was 0.6 percentage points (national median 0.3); 6.4% of its originations had a spread of 1.5 points or more.
By loan purpose the originations were mostly home purchase (89%) and cash-out refinancing (7%); by loan type, conventional (61%) and FHA (29%).
The largest volumes were in Missouri (960 originations), Illinois (526 originations) and Florida (441 originations).
Applications were down 19% on 2023.
Compared with Missouri and the nation
| Measure | This lender | Missouri, all lenders | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate (denied ÷ decided applications) | 10.4% | 19.9% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, percentage points | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 6.4% | 14.1% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $289k | $231k | $329k |
| Home purchase share of originations | 88.6% | 58.6% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share of originations | 29.2% | 12.8% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share of originations | 7.8% | 8.2% | 7.9% |
| Applications withdrawn by applicant | 22.9% | 14.1% | 14.3% |
Missouri is the lender's largest state by applications. State and national columns cover every HMDA reporter. Rate spread is reported on originated loans only.
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
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| Year | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate | Median spread | LAR records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | 12,393 |
| 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | 17,272 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | 31,129 |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | 25,982 |
| 2022 | 10,942 | 6,353 | $1.7bn | 21.1% | 0.7 | 11,116 |
| 2023 | 8,278 | 5,325 | $1.4bn | 17.3% | 0.6 | 8,287 |
| 2024 | 6,730 | 4,570 | $1.3bn | 10.4% | 0.6 | 6,935 |
Applications, originations and rates are computed from the public LAR for 2022, 2023, 2024; LAR record counts come from each year's transmittal sheet.
Loan purpose and loan type
By purpose
Home purchase 89% (4,048)Refinancing 5% (217)Cash-out refinancing 7% (305)
By type
Conventional 61% (2,775)FHA 29% (1,333)VA 8% (357)USDA 2% (105)
| Loan type | Applications | Originations | Denied | Denial rate (of applications) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional | 4,093 | 2,775 | 274 | 6.7% |
| FHA-insured | 2,010 | 1,333 | 220 | 10.9% |
| VA-guaranteed | 490 | 357 | 28 | 5.7% |
| USDA Rural Housing Service or Farm Service Agency guaranteed | 137 | 105 | 13 | 9.5% |
Shares are of originated loans. The per-type denial rate here divides denials by all applications of that type, because decided counts are not kept per type.
Action taken
| HMDA action taken | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Loan originated | 4,570 | 65.9% |
| 2 Application approved but not accepted | 23 | 0.3% |
| 3 Application denied | 535 | 7.7% |
| 4 Application withdrawn by applicant | 1,540 | 22.2% |
| 5 File closed for incompleteness | 62 | 0.9% |
| 6 Purchased loan | 0 | 0.0% |
| 7 Preapproval request denied | 64 | 0.9% |
| 8 Preapproval request approved but not accepted | 141 | 2.0% |
Codes and labels are the HMDA action-taken codes. Applications are codes 1–5; the denial rate divides code 3 by codes 1–3.
Denial reasons as coded
Share of the lender's 535 denials by the first denial reason it coded (outlined bar: all lenders nationally). Lenders may record up to four reasons; only the first is counted here.
States
| State | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate | Median spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 1,415 | 960 | $221m | 8.5% | 0.5 |
| Illinois | 770 | 526 | $150m | 11.4% | 0.7 |
| Florida | 646 | 441 | $129m | 12.5% | 0.4 |
| Kansas | 466 | 320 | $82m | 9.6% | 0.5 |
| California | 378 | 260 | $119m | 4.4% | 0.5 |
| Indiana | 308 | 205 | $48m | 10.0% | 0.7 |
| Washington | 285 | 205 | $81m | 10.0% | 0.4 |
| Maine | 280 | 216 | $59m | 8.8% | 0.6 |
| Texas | 266 | 165 | $48m | 11.6% | 0.8 |
| Alabama | 247 | 151 | $29m | 17.8% | 0.9 |
| Georgia | 246 | 152 | $46m | 14.0% | 0.6 |
| Tennessee | 231 | 149 | $37m | 12.9% | 0.6 |
| Colorado | 156 | 98 | $43m | 9.3% | 0.4 |
| Massachusetts | 129 | 90 | $42m | 14.3% | 0.3 |
| Michigan | 122 | 88 | $19m | 8.3% | 0.7 |
| Nevada | 113 | 76 | $23m | 13.5% | 0.6 |
| Ohio | 89 | 57 | $13m | 9.5% | 0.6 |
| Arkansas | 87 | 60 | $16m | 3.2% | 0.5 |
| Oregon | 77 | 57 | $27m | 10.9% | 0.5 |
| Arizona | 61 | 46 | $16m | 4.1% | 0.3 |
| Kentucky | 59 | 44 | $6.7m | 8.3% | 0.3 |
| Wisconsin | 50 | 39 | $8.7m | 9.3% | 0.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 46 | 25 | $8.9m | 21.9% | — |
| North Carolina | 29 | 19 | $5.0m | — | — |
| Mississippi | 25 | 16 | $3.5m | — | — |
States with at least 25 applications. States with 100 or more link to the lender's page for that state.
Counties
| County | State | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County | MO | 470 | 298 | $61m | 11.2% |
| Cook County | IL | 343 | 228 | $79m | 12.2% |
| St. Louis County | MO | 245 | 164 | $37m | 12.7% |
| Clay County | MO | 224 | 162 | $46m | 5.8% |
| Merced County | CA | 172 | 121 | $41m | 0.8% |
| Penobscot County | ME | 150 | 117 | $32m | 7.1% |
| Highlands County | FL | 155 | 114 | $22m | 8.1% |
| Johnson County | KS | 146 | 101 | $36m | 6.5% |
| Hamilton County | TN | 91 | 59 | $14m | 11.9% |
| Will County | IL | 79 | 57 | $18m | 6.5% |
| Clark County | NV | 80 | 55 | $17m | 13.8% |
| Platte County | MO | 85 | 54 | $14m | 3.6% |
| Muskegon County | MI | 71 | 51 | $9.3m | 8.9% |
| St. Charles County | MO | 70 | 51 | $14m | 7.3% |
| Tazewell County | IL | 57 | 47 | $5.2m | 4.1% |
| Lake County | IN | 78 | 46 | $11m | 16.4% |
| Shawnee County | KS | 59 | 45 | $8.9m | 6.3% |
| DuPage County | IL | 54 | 42 | $16m | 14.3% |
| Sedgwick County | KS | 53 | 41 | $9.8m | 14.6% |
| Webb County | TX | 53 | 41 | $9.5m | 2.4% |
| El Paso County | CO | 61 | 39 | $15m | 9.3% |
| Jefferson County | AL | 66 | 38 | $7.7m | 20.8% |
| Pinellas County | FL | 57 | 36 | $12m | 15.9% |
Up to 30 counties with at least 50 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Leaderone Financial Corp. originate in 2024?
4,570 loans totalling $1.3bn, from 6,730 applications reported under HMDA. It also purchased 0 loans from other institutions, which are counted separately.
What is Leaderone Financial Corp.'s denial rate and how does it compare?
10.4% of decided applications were denied in 2024, against 24.3% nationally and 19.9% in Missouri. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws; the data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations.
Which counties does Leaderone Financial Corp. lend in most?
By originations: Jackson County, MO (298), Cook County, IL (228), St. Louis County, MO (164), Clay County, MO (162) and Merced County, CA (121).
What loan types does Leaderone Financial Corp. make?
Conventional 2,775, FHA 1,333, VA 357 and USDA 105 originations in 2024; by purpose, home purchase 4,048, home improvement 0, refinancing 217, cash-out refinancing 305 and other purpose 0.
What reasons did Leaderone Financial Corp. report for denials?
The first denial reason recorded most often was other (124), credit application incomplete (122) and debt-to-income ratio (102), as coded by the lender in its HMDA filing.
Where does this data come from?
From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register published by the FFIEC and CFPB, with the lender's name from its HMDA transmittal sheet. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Provenance
Source: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act public loan/application register for 2024 (trend years 2022, 2023, 2024) and transmittal sheets 2018–2024, published by the FFIEC and CFPB at ffiec.cfpb.gov, public domain. Lender identity is the LEI and name on its transmittal sheet. This site was built 1 Oct 2026. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Data through 1 Aug 2026.