Arbor Bank · Iowa · 2025

Arbor Bank in Iowa: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Arbor Bank took 67 mortgage applications in Iowa in 2025, ranking #187 of 739 lenders active in the state. It originated 89.6% of them and denied 1.5% (1.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.9%.

67Applicationsin IA
1.6%Decision denial ratestate 15.3%
Median ratestate 6.50%
$205,000Median loanstate $135,000
$14MVolume13 counties

Arbor Bank in Iowa vs the state

1.5%Denial rate-11.37 pts vs state
1.6%Decision denial rate-13.70 pts vs state
89.6%Origination rate+21.09 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$107kMedian applicant income
60Loans originated
1Denied

Trend in Iowa

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202393803.2%7.13%#153
202485717.1%7.93%#162
202567601.5%#187

What Arbor Bank lends in Iowa

By loan purpose

Home purchase 40 60% · 2.5% denied
Refinance 17 25% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 3 4% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 6 9% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 58 87% · 1.7% denied
FHA 1 1% · 0.0% denied
VA 8 12% · 0.0% denied

Where in Iowa

Counties with the most Arbor Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Pottawattamie County 30300 0.0%
Fremont County 15111 6.7%
Mills County 440 0.0%
Shelby County 440 0.0%
Harrison County 320 0.0%
Page County 220 0.0%
Warren County 210 0.0%
Cass County 220 0.0%
Appanoose County 110 0.0%
Johnson County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Iowa

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
GREENSTATE Credit UnionB 13,8295.9%6.50%
Veridian Credit UnionB 8,7258.9%6.49%
Rocket MortgageC 3,76122.7%6.63%
Hills Bank and TrustA 3,4346.1%6.25%
U.S. BankD 2,72025.7%7.00%
Dupaco CommunityA 2,66916.1%7.00%
Community Choice Credit UnionB 2,65311.8%6.13%
Iowa Bankers MortgageB 2,42315.4%6.50%
Broker SolutionsD 2,3866.4%6.75%
Northwest BankA 2,1815.7%6.38%

Frequently asked questions

Iowa: 67 applications in 2025, of which 60 were originated and 1 denied.

1.5% of all applications, or 1.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Iowa statewide average across all lenders was 12.9%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Arbor Bank's own HMDA filing for properties located in Iowa, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology