Better Mortgage · Colorado · 2025

Better Mortgage in Colorado: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Better Mortgage took 1,225 mortgage applications in Colorado in 2025, ranking #55 of 1,114 lenders active in the state. It originated 41.8% of them and denied 24.2% (36.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.6%.

1.2kApplicationsin CO
36.4%Decision denial ratestate 19.7%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$285,000Median loanstate $325,000
$173MVolume50 counties

Better Mortgage in Colorado vs the state

24.2%Denial rate+8.53 pts vs state
36.4%Decision denial rate+16.70 pts vs state
41.8%Origination rate-18.22 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.22Rate spread (pts)+0.07 pts vs state
$158kMedian applicant income
512Loans originated
296Denied

Trend in Colorado

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232621093.8%6.00%#139
20243311239.1%6.63%#121
20251,22551224.2%6.50%#55

What Better Mortgage lends in Colorado

By loan purpose

Home purchase 440 36% · 12.7% denied
Refinance 154 13% · 17.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 143 12% · 28.0% denied
Home improvement 56 5% · 19.6% denied
Other / HELOC 432 35% · 37.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,050 86% · 25.1% denied
FHA 156 13% · 19.2% denied
VA 19 2% · 15.8% denied

Why it denied Colorado applicants

Incomplete application 111 38%
Debt-to-income ratio 59 20%
Credit history 50 17%
Collateral 32 11%
Unverifiable information 21 7%
Other 20 7%
Employment history 2 1%
Insufficient cash 1 0%

Where in Colorado

Counties with the most Better Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Larimer County 1498729 19.5%
Jefferson County 1425537 26.1%
Weld County 1379618 13.1%
Denver County 1244736 29.0%
Adams County 973720 20.6%
Arapahoe County 963121 21.9%
El Paso County 933022 23.7%
Douglas County 903818 20.0%
Boulder County 783016 20.5%
Broomfield County 24122 8.3%

Other large lenders in Colorado

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 23,1118.8%6.13%
ENT Credit UnionB 13,23820.9%7.50%
Rocket MortgageC 11,48615.7%6.61%
Guild MortgageA 6,2323.1%6.62%
Bellco Credit UnionF 5,86340.9%8.00%
U.S. BankD 4,97836.0%7.95%
American FinancingD 4,93741.3%6.38%
FirstBankC 4,92915.6%7.00%
Canvas Credit UnionC 4,88913.7%7.89%
ElevationsC 4,42610.8%6.88%

Frequently asked questions

Colorado: 1,225 applications in 2025, of which 512 were originated and 296 denied.

24.2% of all applications, or 36.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Colorado statewide average across all lenders was 15.6%.

The median rate on loans Better Mortgage originated in Colorado in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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