Discover Bank · Minnesota · 2025

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

Discover Bank took 977 mortgage applications in Minnesota in 2025, ranking #47 of 870 lenders active in the state. It originated 16.7% of them and denied 48.0% (74.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 13.6%.

977Applicationsin MN
74.0%Decision denial ratestate 16.4%
9.10%Median ratestate 6.63%
$55,000Median loanstate $215,000
$13MVolume76 counties

Discover Bank in Minnesota vs the state

48.0%Denial rate+34.40 pts vs state
74.0%Decision denial rate+57.62 pts vs state
16.7%Origination rate-49.69 pts vs state
9.10%Median rate+2.47 pts vs state
2.51Rate spread (pts)+2.26 pts vs state
$108kMedian applicant income
163Loans originated
469Denied

Trend in Minnesota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20233,20745544.6%9.49%#11
20243,18056847.6%8.95%#11
202597716348.0%9.10%#47

What Discover Bank lends in Minnesota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 48 5% · 41.7% denied
Refinance 169 17% · 45.0% denied
Home improvement 260 27% · 40.4% denied
Other / HELOC 500 51% · 53.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 977 100% · 48.0% denied

Why it denied Minnesota applicants

Credit history 226 48%
Incomplete application 78 17%
Collateral 62 13%
Debt-to-income ratio 59 13%
Other 40 9%
Employment history 2 0%
Unverifiable information 2 0%

Where in Minnesota

Counties with the most Discover Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hennepin County 1731890 52.0%
Dakota County 1111652 46.8%
Anoka County 801437 46.3%
Ramsey County 60831 51.7%
Washington County 591423 39.0%
Olmsted County 37521 56.8%
Wright County 35816 45.7%
Scott County 34714 41.2%
St. Louis County 33716 48.5%
Sherburne County 27815 55.6%

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: 977 applications in 2025, of which 163 were originated and 469 denied.

48.0% of all applications, or 74.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Minnesota statewide average across all lenders was 13.6%.

The median rate on loans Discover Bank originated in Minnesota in 2025 was 9.10%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Discover 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