Border Bank · Minnesota · 2025

Border Bank in Minnesota: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Border Bank took 280 mortgage applications in Minnesota in 2025, ranking #119 of 870 lenders active in the state. It originated 89.3% of them and denied 2.9% (3.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 13.6%.

280Applicationsin MN
3.1%Decision denial ratestate 16.4%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$125,000Median loanstate $215,000
$39MVolume22 counties

Border Bank in Minnesota vs the state

2.9%Denial rate-10.74 pts vs state
3.1%Decision denial rate-13.26 pts vs state
89.3%Origination rate+22.92 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$92kMedian applicant income
250Loans originated
8Denied

Trend in Minnesota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232722512.6%#103
20242462262.9%#110
20252802502.9%#119

What Border Bank lends in Minnesota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 127 45% · 1.6% denied
Refinance 43 15% · 4.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 50 18% · 4.0% denied
Home improvement 33 12% · 6.1% denied
Other / HELOC 27 10% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 280 100% · 2.9% denied

Where in Minnesota

Counties with the most Border Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Roseau County 77652 2.6%
Pennington County 58541 1.7%
Lake of the Woods County 34330 0.0%
Koochiching County 20142 10.0%
Clearwater County 19170 0.0%
Marshall County 14140 0.0%
Clay County 12101 8.3%
Kittson County 10100 0.0%
Red Lake County 990 0.0%
Itasca County 440 0.0%

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: 280 applications in 2025, of which 250 were originated and 8 denied.

2.9% of all applications, or 3.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Minnesota statewide average across all lenders was 13.6%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Border Bank'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