Better Mortgage · Kansas · 2025

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

Better Mortgage took 301 mortgage applications in Kansas in 2025, ranking #82 of 766 lenders active in the state. It originated 36.5% of them and denied 27.2% (42.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.0%.

301Applicationsin KS
42.1%Decision denial ratestate 18.3%
7.06%Median ratestate 6.63%
$145,000Median loanstate $165,000
$23MVolume48 counties

Better Mortgage in Kansas vs the state

27.2%Denial rate+12.21 pts vs state
42.1%Decision denial rate+23.77 pts vs state
36.5%Origination rate-27.28 pts vs state
7.06%Median rate+0.44 pts vs state
1.03Rate spread (pts)+0.73 pts vs state
$114kMedian applicant income
110Loans originated
82Denied

Trend in Kansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202370388.6%6.19%#177
2024773111.7%6.50%#170
202530111027.2%7.06%#82

What Better Mortgage lends in Kansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 113 38% · 14.2% denied
Refinance 16 5% · 25.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 40 13% · 22.5% denied
Home improvement 20 7% · 30.0% denied
Other / HELOC 112 37% · 42.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 259 86% · 25.9% denied
FHA 34 11% · 35.3% denied
VA 8 3% · 37.5% denied

Why it denied Kansas applicants

Incomplete application 29 35%
Credit history 19 23%
Debt-to-income ratio 16 20%
Collateral 7 9%
Unverifiable information 6 7%
Other 3 4%
Insufficient cash 1 1%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in Kansas

Counties with the most Better Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Johnson County 1013729 28.7%
Sedgwick County 501611 22.0%
Wyandotte County 1545 33.3%
Reno County 1271 8.3%
Shawnee County 1133 27.3%
Douglas County 1135 45.5%
Leavenworth County 1043 30.0%
McPherson County 990 0.0%
Miami County 813 37.5%
Butler County 642 33.3%

Other large lenders in Kansas

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 5,30318.0%6.63%
Communityamerica Credit UnionB 3,57512.4%6.38%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 2,54511.4%6.38%
Mortgage Research CenterC 2,38915.1%6.25%
Fairway Independent MortgageB 2,3602.0%6.63%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 2,10310.8%6.49%
Credit Union of AmericaC 1,94022.9%7.75%
Capitol Federal Savings BankB 1,87312.6%6.75%
Guild MortgageA 1,5493.6%6.63%
U.S. BankD 1,53431.4%7.28%

Frequently asked questions

Kansas: 301 applications in 2025, of which 110 were originated and 82 denied.

27.2% of all applications, or 42.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kansas statewide average across all lenders was 15.0%.

The median rate on loans Better Mortgage originated in Kansas in 2025 was 7.06%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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