Clearedge Lending · Minnesota · 2025

Clearedge Lending in Minnesota: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Clearedge Lending took 28 mortgage applications in Minnesota in 2025, ranking #349 of 870 lenders active in the state. It originated 46.4% of them and denied 39.3% (45.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 13.6%.

28Applicationsin MN
45.8%Decision denial ratestate 16.4%
7.75%Median ratestate 6.63%
$255,000Median loanstate $215,000
$5.5MVolume12 counties

Clearedge Lending in Minnesota vs the state

39.3%Denial rate+25.69 pts vs state
45.8%Decision denial rate+29.48 pts vs state
46.4%Origination rate-19.94 pts vs state
7.75%Median rate+1.13 pts vs state
0.73Rate spread (pts)+0.47 pts vs state
$185kMedian applicant income
13Loans originated
11Denied

Trend in Minnesota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023412026.8%8.38%#296
2024512923.5%8.50%#265
2025281339.3%7.75%#349

What Clearedge Lending lends in Minnesota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 18 64% · 33.3% denied
Refinance 5 18% · 40.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 3 11% · 66.7% denied
Other / HELOC 2 7% · 50.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 28 100% · 39.3% denied

Why it denied Minnesota applicants

Collateral 5 45%
Incomplete application 4 36%
Unverifiable information 1 9%
Credit history 1 9%

Where in Minnesota

Counties with the most Clearedge Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hennepin County 750 0.0%
Isanti County 404 100.0%
Anoka County 303 100.0%
Steele County 311 33.3%
Scott County 211 50.0%
Olmsted County 220 0.0%
Dakota County 211 50.0%
Washington County 110 0.0%
Chisago County 101 100.0%
Ramsey County 110 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: 28 applications in 2025, of which 13 were originated and 11 denied.

39.3% of all applications, or 45.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Minnesota statewide average across all lenders was 13.6%.

The median rate on loans Clearedge Lending originated in Minnesota in 2025 was 7.75%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Clearedge Lending'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