Badger Bank · Wisconsin · 2025

Badger Bank in Wisconsin: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Badger Bank took 91 mortgage applications in Wisconsin in 2025, ranking #263 of 938 lenders active in the state. It originated 97.8% of them and denied 2.2% (2.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 14.0%.

91Applicationsin WI
2.2%Decision denial ratestate 16.4%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$195,000Median loanstate $165,000
$25MVolume14 counties

Badger Bank in Wisconsin vs the state

2.2%Denial rate-11.81 pts vs state
2.2%Decision denial rate-14.16 pts vs state
97.8%Origination rate+29.65 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$128kMedian applicant income
89Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Wisconsin

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202373701.4%7.50%#260
202456541.8%#310
202591892.2%#263

What Badger Bank lends in Wisconsin

By loan purpose

Home purchase 39 43% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 37 41% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 1 1% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 5 5% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 9 10% · 22.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 91 100% · 2.2% denied

Where in Wisconsin

Counties with the most Badger Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jefferson County 57561 1.8%
Dane County 10100 0.0%
Rock County 660 0.0%
Walworth County 440 0.0%
Dodge County 330 0.0%
Waukesha County 220 0.0%
Price County 220 0.0%
Juneau County 110 0.0%
Columbia County 110 0.0%
Kenosha County 101 100.0%

Other large lenders in Wisconsin

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Summit Credit UnionA 15,48313.8%6.75%
University of Wisconsin Credit UnionA 11,78113.8%6.50%
Landmark Credit UnionA 9,39317.7%6.50%
Rocket MortgageC 7,81918.0%6.63%
Associated BankB 7,45123.7%6.88%
BMO BankF 5,20225.3%8.23%
Educators Credit UnionB 4,93024.3%6.95%
U.S. BankD 4,71026.0%6.88%
Covantage Credit UnionB 4,5817.7%6.50%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 4,42111.8%6.38%

Frequently asked questions

Wisconsin: 91 applications in 2025, of which 89 were originated and 2 denied.

2.2% of all applications, or 2.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Wisconsin statewide average across all lenders was 14.0%.

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

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