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Tidewater Mortgage Services, Inc

HMDA reporter, headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Record for calendar year 2024.

VA lender statistics9 states with 25+ applications
LEI 5493005R34FLBMCPWB41
Reporting agency Department of Housing and Urban Development
Years reported 2018–2024

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.

In 2024, Tidewater Mortgage Services, Inc filed HMDA records for 2,443 applications and 1,863 originations in 9 states, worth $535m.

Its denial rate, the share of decided applications the lender denied, was 5.9%, below the national rate of 24.3% and below the Virginia rate of 22.1%. 445 applications were withdrawn by the applicant and 15 files were closed for incompleteness; those are not counted in the denial rate.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 0.3 percentage points (national median 0.3); 2.9% of its originations had a spread of 1.5 points or more.

By loan purpose the originations were mostly home purchase (95%) and home improvement (3%); by loan type, conventional (52%) and FHA (30%).

The largest volumes were in Virginia (770 originations), Pennsylvania (310 originations) and South Carolina (211 originations).

Applications were about level with 2023.

2,443applications, 20240 purchased loans, counted separately
1,863loans originated$535m in total
5.9%denial rateUS 24.3% · VA 22.1%
0.3 ppmedian rate spread on originationsUS 0.3 pp

Compared with Virginia and the nation

MeasureThis lenderVirginia, all lendersUnited States
Denial rate (denied ÷ decided applications)5.9%22.1%24.3%
Median rate spread, percentage points0.30.30.3
Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more2.9%16.5%15.6%
Average originated loan$287k$352k$329k
Home purchase share of originations94.6%55.8%57.0%
FHA-insured share of originations29.7%11.7%13.4%
VA-guaranteed share of originations16.4%16.4%7.9%
Applications withdrawn by applicant18.2%14.3%14.3%

Virginia 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

01621.53,2432022: 3,243 Applications2023: 2,494 Applications2024: 2,443 Applications2022: 2,481 Originations2023: 2,018 Originations2024: 1,863 Originations202220232024
Applications and originations reported by Tidewater Mortgage Services, Inc, 2022–2024

This lenderVirginiaUnited States

0%12.7%25.3%2022: 8.3% This lender2023: 5.3% This lender2024: 5.9% This lender202220232024
Denial rate by year, with Virginia and US rates dashed
03,2486,4962018: 3,700 LAR records2019: 4,233 LAR records2020: 6,496 LAR records2021: 5,776 LAR records2022: 3,243 LAR records2023: 2,494 LAR records2024: 2,443 LAR records2018201920202021202220232024
Loan/application register records filed by Tidewater Mortgage Services, Inc each year, 2018–2024 (HMDA transmittal sheets; includes purchased loans and preapproval requests)
YearApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rateMedian spreadLAR records
2018—————3,700
2019—————4,233
2020—————6,496
2021—————5,776
20223,2432,481$663m8.3%0.63,243
20232,4942,018$531m5.3%0.52,494
20242,4431,863$535m5.9%0.32,443

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 95% (1,763)Home improvement 3% (57)Refinancing 2% (42)Cash-out refinancing 0% (1)

By type

Conventional 52% (971)FHA 30% (553)VA 16% (306)USDA 2% (33)

Loan typeApplicationsOriginationsDeniedDenial rate (of applications)
Conventional1,251971514.1%
FHA-insured761553587.6%
VA-guaranteed39130682.0%
USDA Rural Housing Service or Farm Service Agency guaranteed403300.0%

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 takenRecordsShare
1 Loan originated1,86376.3%
2 Application approved but not accepted30.1%
3 Application denied1174.8%
4 Application withdrawn by applicant44518.2%
5 File closed for incompleteness150.6%
6 Purchased loan00.0%
7 Preapproval request denied00.0%
8 Preapproval request approved but not accepted00.0%

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

Debt-to-income ratio40.2%
Collateral24.8%
Employment history12%
Credit history9.4%
Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing costs)6.8%
Unverifiable information3.4%
Other3.4%
Credit application incomplete0%
Mortgage insurance denied0%

Share of the lender's 117 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

StateApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rateMedian spread
Virginia1,001770$247m4.7%0.2
Pennsylvania377310$67m2.8%0.4
South Carolina264211$60m5.0%0.2
Delaware208156$46m10.3%0.4
Florida198133$33m11.3%0.2
North Carolina171130$36m5.8%0.2
Maryland10671$20m12.3%0.6
New Jersey5335$16m5.4%0.4
West Virginia5342$8.7m6.7%0.4

States with at least 25 applications. States with 100 or more link to the lender's page for that state.

Counties

CountyStateApplicationsOriginationsAmountDenial rate
Horry CountySC229191$55m3.5%
Virginia Beach cityVA188153$62m1.9%
Sussex CountyDE11689$25m11.0%
Chesapeake cityVA11488$33m4.3%
Suffolk cityVA9777$36m2.5%
Norfolk cityVA9065$17m3.0%
Venango CountyPA7060$7.7m1.6%
Kent CountyDE6042$12m8.7%
Hampton cityVA5239$9.7m4.9%
Pasco CountyFL5039$8.3m2.5%

Up to 30 counties with at least 50 applications, by originations.

VA-guaranteed loans by month

All VA loansPurchase

020.54124/09: 12 All VA loans24/10: 27 All VA loans24/11: 25 All VA loans24/12: 19 All VA loans25/01: 24 All VA loans25/02: 15 All VA loans25/03: 18 All VA loans25/04: 16 All VA loans25/05: 25 All VA loans25/06: 18 All VA loans25/07: 32 All VA loans25/08: 29 All VA loans25/09: 41 All VA loans25/10: 16 All VA loans25/11: 24 All VA loans25/12: 26 All VA loans26/01: 1 All VA loans26/02: 0 All VA loans26/03: 0 All VA loans26/04: 0 All VA loans26/05: 0 All VA loans26/06: 0 All VA loans26/07: 0 All VA loans26/08: 0 All VA loans24/09: 8 Purchase24/10: 18 Purchase24/11: 24 Purchase24/12: 18 Purchase25/01: 24 Purchase25/02: 14 Purchase25/03: 16 Purchase25/04: 15 Purchase25/05: 24 Purchase25/06: 18 Purchase25/07: 30 Purchase25/08: 29 Purchase25/09: 39 Purchase25/10: 15 Purchase25/11: 20 Purchase25/12: 26 Purchase26/01: 1 Purchase26/02: 0 Purchase26/03: 0 Purchase26/04: 0 Purchase26/05: 0 Purchase26/06: 0 Purchase26/07: 0 Purchase26/08: 0 Purchase24/0924/1225/0325/0625/0925/1226/0326/0626/08
Loans guaranteed by VA for TIDEWATER MORTGAGE SERVICES INC, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026 (VA lender statistics, national)
MonthAllPurchaseCash-outIRRRL
Aug 20260000
Jul 20260000
Jun 20260000
May 20260000
Apr 20260000
Mar 20260000
Feb 20260000
Jan 20261100
Dec 2025262600
Nov 2025242022
Oct 2025161510
Sep 2025413920

Fiscal-year totals (VA): FY2018 175,234,284 · FY2019 198,906,616 · FY2020 381,498,012 · FY2021 387,436,402 · FY2022 192,847,279 · FY2023 129,115,731 · FY2024 110,550,748 · FY2025 124,675,446. Matched to the VA lender name "TIDEWATER MORTGAGE SERVICES INC"; VA counts loans by guarantee date, HMDA by application year, so the two series differ.

Questions and answers

How many mortgages did Tidewater Mortgage Services, Inc originate in 2024?

1,863 loans totalling $535m, from 2,443 applications reported under HMDA. It also purchased 0 loans from other institutions, which are counted separately.

What is Tidewater Mortgage Services, Inc's denial rate and how does it compare?

5.9% of decided applications were denied in 2024, against 24.3% nationally and 22.1% in Virginia. 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 Tidewater Mortgage Services, Inc lend in most?

By originations: Horry County, SC (191), Virginia Beach city, VA (153), Sussex County, DE (89), Chesapeake city, VA (88) and Suffolk city, VA (77).

What loan types does Tidewater Mortgage Services, Inc make?

Conventional 971, FHA 553, VA 306 and USDA 33 originations in 2024; by purpose, home purchase 1,763, home improvement 57, refinancing 42, cash-out refinancing 1 and other purpose 0.

What reasons did Tidewater Mortgage Services, Inc report for denials?

The first denial reason recorded most often was debt-to-income ratio (47), collateral (29) and employment history (14), 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 and VA loan volume from the Department of Veterans Affairs lender statistics. 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; VA lender statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Lender identity is the LEI and name on its transmittal sheet. This site was built 30 Sep 2026. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Data through 1 Aug 2026.