Better Mortgage · Oklahoma · 2025

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

Better Mortgage took 950 mortgage applications in Oklahoma in 2025, ranking #35 of 821 lenders active in the state. It originated 51.9% of them and denied 26.1% (33.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.9%.

950Applicationsin OK
33.2%Decision denial ratestate 22.9%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.63%
$215,000Median loanstate $165,000
$129MVolume56 counties

Better Mortgage in Oklahoma vs the state

26.1%Denial rate+8.19 pts vs state
33.2%Decision denial rate+10.37 pts vs state
51.9%Origination rate-4.21 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.50Rate spread (pts)+0.15 pts vs state
$120kMedian applicant income
493Loans originated
248Denied

Trend in Oklahoma

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023133615.3%6.38%#140
20241716413.5%6.63%#126
202595049326.1%6.75%#35

What Better Mortgage lends in Oklahoma

By loan purpose

Home purchase 532 56% · 19.2% denied
Refinance 92 10% · 21.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 65 7% · 36.9% denied
Home improvement 37 4% · 35.1% denied
Other / HELOC 224 24% · 39.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 668 70% · 27.1% denied
FHA 185 19% · 25.4% denied
VA 97 10% · 20.6% denied

Why it denied Oklahoma applicants

Incomplete application 160 65%
Credit history 27 11%
Debt-to-income ratio 21 8%
Collateral 17 7%
Unverifiable information 12 5%
Other 8 3%
Employment history 2 1%
Insufficient cash 1 0%

Where in Oklahoma

Counties with the most Better Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Oklahoma County 31216681 26.0%
Tulsa County 1549030 19.5%
Cleveland County 965423 24.0%
Canadian County 895620 22.5%
Logan County 321710 31.3%
Grady County 23127 30.4%
Rogers County 22116 27.3%
Wagoner County 2086 30.0%
McClain County 1894 22.2%
Pottawatomie County 1383 23.1%

Other large lenders in Oklahoma

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 6,99024.0%6.75%
First United Bank and TrustC 5,6305.9%6.88%
Arvest BankC 5,38717.6%7.00%
21st MortgageF 5,21746.8%9.83%
BancFirstC 4,79910.0%7.38%
BOKFD 4,22720.2%6.63%
Mortgage Research CenterC 4,01218.8%6.25%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 3,73513.8%6.13%
Associated MortgageA 3,2130.7%6.50%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 2,61038.3%9.75%

Frequently asked questions

Oklahoma: 950 applications in 2025, of which 493 were originated and 248 denied.

26.1% of all applications, or 33.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Oklahoma statewide average across all lenders was 17.9%.

The median rate on loans Better Mortgage originated in Oklahoma in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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