Better Mortgage · Minnesota · 2025

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

Better Mortgage took 464 mortgage applications in Minnesota in 2025, ranking #86 of 870 lenders active in the state. It originated 28.0% of them and denied 28.7% (49.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 13.6%.

464Applicationsin MN
49.4%Decision denial ratestate 16.4%
7.13%Median ratestate 6.63%
$195,000Median loanstate $215,000
$32MVolume58 counties

Better Mortgage in Minnesota vs the state

28.7%Denial rate+15.06 pts vs state
49.4%Decision denial rate+33.09 pts vs state
28.0%Origination rate-38.35 pts vs state
7.13%Median rate+0.50 pts vs state
0.65Rate spread (pts)+0.40 pts vs state
$126kMedian applicant income
130Loans originated
133Denied

Trend in Minnesota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023126653.2%6.13%#160
20241424816.2%6.50%#156
202546413028.7%7.13%#86

What Better Mortgage lends in Minnesota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 155 33% · 18.7% denied
Refinance 55 12% · 18.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 57 12% · 28.1% denied
Home improvement 15 3% · 40.0% denied
Other / HELOC 182 39% · 39.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 402 87% · 27.4% denied
FHA 58 13% · 39.7% denied
VA 4 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Minnesota applicants

Incomplete application 42 32%
Credit history 25 19%
Debt-to-income ratio 22 17%
Unverifiable information 16 12%
Collateral 14 11%
Other 8 6%
Employment history 4 3%
Insufficient cash 2 2%

Where in Minnesota

Counties with the most Better Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hennepin County 1253432 25.6%
Dakota County 431213 30.2%
Ramsey County 4099 22.5%
Anoka County 3065 16.7%
Washington County 2488 33.3%
St. Louis County 1796 35.3%
Wright County 1573 20.0%
Olmsted County 1145 45.5%
Scott County 941 11.1%
Goodhue County 904 44.4%

Other large lenders in Minnesota

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 8,69410.6%6.38%
U.S. BankD 8,62430.4%7.88%
Bell BankA 7,9875.3%6.63%
Rocket MortgageC 7,63016.3%6.63%
Trustone Financial Credit UnionC 6,06620.0%7.25%
Affinity PlusC 5,43814.6%6.63%
Blaze Credit UnionB 4,07412.3%6.38%
Wings Financial Credit UnionA 3,96016.4%7.25%
Crosscountry MortgageB 3,9422.1%6.63%
Fairway Independent MortgageB 3,3273.2%6.75%

Frequently asked questions

Minnesota: 464 applications in 2025, of which 130 were originated and 133 denied.

28.7% of all applications, or 49.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Minnesota statewide average across all lenders was 13.6%.

The median rate on loans Better Mortgage originated in Minnesota in 2025 was 7.13%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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