Flagstar Bank Review

For applicants age 62 and older, we measure two things: whether this lender denies them more often than its own lending patterns would predict after accounting for loan size, income, debt-to-income ratio, and loan type; and whether it lends to them at rates similar to comparable lenders. One of those two measures fell outside the expected range. Credit scores are not available in this dataset, so they are not included in the analysis. Because that variable is held constant across all lenders, it should reduce the extent to which missing credit-score data affects comparisons between them.

We looked at how often a lender's applications end up as closed loans, not counting any that were denied or the applicant withdrew. At this lender, 90% to 95% did, which might mean some quoted terms changed before closing, some applicants stepped away, or both.