Better Mortgage · Idaho · 2025

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

Better Mortgage took 245 mortgage applications in Idaho in 2025, ranking #77 of 595 lenders active in the state. It originated 34.7% of them and denied 29.4% (44.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 14.5%.

245Applicationsin ID
44.7%Decision denial ratestate 17.5%
7.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$155,000Median loanstate $265,000
$25MVolume29 counties

Better Mortgage in Idaho vs the state

29.4%Denial rate+14.94 pts vs state
44.7%Decision denial rate+27.20 pts vs state
34.7%Origination rate-28.33 pts vs state
7.50%Median rate+0.88 pts vs state
0.56Rate spread (pts)+0.41 pts vs state
$138kMedian applicant income
85Loans originated
72Denied

Trend in Idaho

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202353233.8%6.00%#142
2024813716.1%6.49%#121
20252458529.4%7.50%#77

What Better Mortgage lends in Idaho

By loan purpose

Home purchase 46 19% · 6.5% denied
Refinance 22 9% · 27.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 32 13% · 31.3% denied
Home improvement 17 7% · 11.8% denied
Other / HELOC 128 52% · 39.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 227 93% · 30.0% denied
FHA 15 6% · 20.0% denied
VA 3 1% · 33.3% denied

Why it denied Idaho applicants

Incomplete application 26 36%
Debt-to-income ratio 18 25%
Credit history 12 17%
Collateral 9 13%
Unverifiable information 7 10%

Where in Idaho

Counties with the most Better Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Ada County 843613 15.5%
Kootenai County 281210 35.7%
Canyon County 2799 33.3%
Bonneville County 1654 25.0%
Twin Falls County 1343 23.1%
Teton County 1034 40.0%
Shoshone County 722 28.6%
Bonner County 622 33.3%
Bannock County 640 0.0%
Latah County 513 60.0%

Other large lenders in Idaho

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Idaho Central Credit UnionA 15,64416.5%7.00%
Rocket MortgageC 4,39113.3%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 3,9439.1%6.12%
Premier Mortgage ResourcesB 2,5042.7%6.25%
Mountain America Federal Credit UnionD 2,32337.7%7.24%
Guild MortgageA 2,3203.4%6.50%
U.S. BankD 2,16128.6%7.35%
Loandepot.ComD 1,62214.2%6.50%
Glacier BankD 1,50714.5%6.88%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 1,29710.8%6.50%

Frequently asked questions

Idaho: 245 applications in 2025, of which 85 were originated and 72 denied.

29.4% of all applications, or 44.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Idaho statewide average across all lenders was 14.5%.

The median rate on loans Better Mortgage originated in Idaho in 2025 was 7.50%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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