AMERICA FIRST Federal Credit Union · Utah · 2025

AMERICA FIRST Federal Credit Union in Utah: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

AMERICA FIRST Federal Credit Union took 16,303 mortgage applications in Utah in 2025, ranking #1 of 575 lenders active in the state. It originated 72.1% of them and denied 18.3% (19.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.0%.

16kApplicationsin UT
19.1%Decision denial ratestate 19.2%
6.99%Median ratestate 6.63%
$105,000Median loanstate $305,000
$1.6BVolume28 counties

AMERICA FIRST Federal Credit Union in Utah vs the state

18.3%Denial rate+2.34 pts vs state
19.1%Decision denial rate-0.07 pts vs state
72.1%Origination rate+8.89 pts vs state
6.99%Median rate+0.37 pts vs state
0.32Rate spread (pts)+0.08 pts vs state
$120kMedian applicant income
11,759Loans originated
2,984Denied

Trend in Utah

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202317,48913,10415.8%7.74%#1
202417,01712,63117.3%7.49%#1
202516,30311,75918.3%6.99%#1

What AMERICA FIRST Federal Credit Union lends in Utah

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,357 8% · 17.9% denied
Refinance 5,452 33% · 16.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 362 2% · 28.5% denied
Home improvement 5,221 32% · 15.8% denied
Other / HELOC 3,911 24% · 23.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 16,223 100% · 18.3% denied
FHA 58 0% · 31.0% denied
VA 19 0% · 31.6% denied
USDA / RHS 3 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Utah applicants

Credit history 1,100 37%
Debt-to-income ratio 840 28%
Other 534 18%
Unverifiable information 262 9%
Collateral 212 7%
Insufficient cash 30 1%
Employment history 5 0%
Incomplete application 1 0%

Where in Utah

Counties with the most AMERICA FIRST Federal Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Salt Lake County 5,1583,6361,060 20.6%
Davis County 3,0102,323396 13.2%
Weber County 2,5341,894391 15.4%
Utah County 2,4261,733484 20.0%
Washington County 736485163 22.1%
Cache County 592430105 17.7%
Box Elder County 48536078 16.1%
Tooele County 41027896 23.4%
Wasatch County 19613933 16.8%
Summit County 1368336 26.5%

Other large lenders in Utah

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Mountain America Federal Credit UnionD 15,40136.5%7.24%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 11,3258.5%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 6,27614.6%6.63%
Guild MortgageA 5,4271.5%6.50%
Intercap LendingA 4,8810.7%6.50%
GoldenwestB 4,79417.6%7.50%
First Colony MortgageA 3,4992.1%6.38%
Kind LendingC 3,22720.3%6.50%
Zions BancorporationB 3,01322.9%6.49%
Utah Community Federal Credit UnionB 2,57316.1%6.99%

Frequently asked questions

Utah: 16,303 applications in 2025, of which 11,759 were originated and 2,984 denied.

18.3% of all applications, or 19.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Utah statewide average across all lenders was 16.0%.

The median rate on loans AMERICA FIRST Federal Credit Union originated in Utah in 2025 was 6.99%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are AMERICA FIRST Federal Credit Union's own HMDA filing for properties located in Utah, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology