Direct Rate Home Loans · Utah · 2025

Direct Rate Home Loans in Utah: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Direct Rate Home Loans took 524 mortgage applications in Utah in 2025, ranking #57 of 575 lenders active in the state. It originated 63.7% of them and denied 5.9% (8.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.0%.

524Applicationsin UT
8.2%Decision denial ratestate 19.2%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.63%
$445,000Median loanstate $305,000
$170MVolume19 counties

Direct Rate Home Loans in Utah vs the state

5.9%Denial rate-10.04 pts vs state
8.2%Decision denial rate-10.96 pts vs state
63.7%Origination rate+0.50 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.14Rate spread (pts)-0.10 pts vs state
$126kMedian applicant income
334Loans originated
31Denied

Trend in Utah

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023500.0%#328
202427140.0%6.63%#201
20255243345.9%6.38%#57

What Direct Rate Home Loans lends in Utah

By loan purpose

Home purchase 394 75% · 4.6% denied
Refinance 109 21% · 11.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 21 4% · 4.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 369 70% · 5.4% denied
FHA 77 15% · 9.1% denied
VA 77 15% · 5.2% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Utah applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 13 42%
Unverifiable information 6 19%
Collateral 5 16%
Credit history 4 13%
Insufficient cash 3 10%

Where in Utah

Counties with the most Direct Rate Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Salt Lake County 1901259 4.7%
Weber County 97568 8.2%
Davis County 94672 2.1%
Utah County 76485 6.6%
Washington County 1481 7.1%
Tooele County 1372 15.4%
Box Elder County 850 0.0%
Sanpete County 741 14.3%
Cache County 420 0.0%
Duchesne County 321 33.3%

Other large lenders in Utah

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
AMERICA FIRST Federal Credit UnionC 16,30318.3%6.99%
Mountain America Federal Credit UnionD 15,40136.5%7.24%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 11,3258.5%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 6,27614.6%6.63%
Guild MortgageA 5,4271.5%6.50%
Intercap LendingA 4,8810.7%6.50%
GoldenwestB 4,79417.6%7.50%
First Colony MortgageA 3,4992.1%6.38%
Kind LendingC 3,22720.3%6.50%
Zions BancorporationB 3,01322.9%6.49%

Frequently asked questions

Utah: 524 applications in 2025, of which 334 were originated and 31 denied.

5.9% of all applications, or 8.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Utah statewide average across all lenders was 16.0%.

The median rate on loans Direct Rate Home Loans originated in Utah in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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