Discover Bank · Utah · 2025

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

Discover Bank took 621 mortgage applications in Utah in 2025, ranking #52 of 575 lenders active in the state. It originated 14.7% of them and denied 51.9% (77.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.0%.

621Applicationsin UT
77.0%Decision denial ratestate 19.2%
8.61%Median ratestate 6.63%
$85,000Median loanstate $305,000
$9.6MVolume23 counties

Discover Bank in Utah vs the state

51.9%Denial rate+35.89 pts vs state
77.0%Decision denial rate+57.85 pts vs state
14.7%Origination rate-48.59 pts vs state
8.61%Median rate+1.98 pts vs state
1.99Rate spread (pts)+1.75 pts vs state
$119kMedian applicant income
91Loans originated
322Denied

Trend in Utah

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232,37439744.9%8.99%#11
20242,21838750.1%8.86%#12
20256219151.9%8.61%#52

What Discover Bank lends in Utah

By loan purpose

Home purchase 41 7% · 56.1% denied
Refinance 162 26% · 48.2% denied
Home improvement 129 21% · 41.1% denied
Other / HELOC 289 47% · 58.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 621 100% · 51.9% denied

Why it denied Utah applicants

Credit history 131 41%
Debt-to-income ratio 73 23%
Incomplete application 46 14%
Collateral 36 11%
Other 31 10%
Unverifiable information 4 1%
Employment history 1 0%

Where in Utah

Counties with the most Discover Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Salt Lake County 22533117 52.0%
Utah County 1312068 51.9%
Davis County 601029 48.3%
Weber County 43625 58.1%
Tooele County 34121 61.8%
Washington County 33514 42.4%
Cache County 24313 54.2%
Iron County 1317 53.8%
Wasatch County 1217 58.3%
Box Elder County 935 55.6%

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: 621 applications in 2025, of which 91 were originated and 322 denied.

51.9% of all applications, or 77.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Utah statewide average across all lenders was 16.0%.

The median rate on loans Discover Bank originated in Utah in 2025 was 8.61%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Discover Bank'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