Fairway Independent Mortgage · North Dakota · 2025

Fairway Independent Mortgage in North Dakota: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Fairway Independent Mortgage took 497 mortgage applications in North Dakota in 2025, ranking #10 of 322 lenders active in the state. It originated 76.9% of them and denied 3.0% (3.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 11.4%.

497Applicationsin ND
3.8%Decision denial ratestate 13.7%
6.40%Median ratestate 6.50%
$295,000Median loanstate $205,000
$115MVolume32 counties

Fairway Independent Mortgage in North Dakota vs the state

3.0%Denial rate-8.42 pts vs state
3.8%Decision denial rate-9.95 pts vs state
76.9%Origination rate+7.17 pts vs state
6.40%Median rate-0.10 pts vs state
0.43Rate spread (pts)+0.19 pts vs state
$103kMedian applicant income
382Loans originated
15Denied

Trend in North Dakota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20234363345.3%6.63%#10
20245694423.9%6.38%#9
20254973823.0%6.40%#10

What Fairway Independent Mortgage lends in North Dakota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 421 85% · 1.9% denied
Refinance 54 11% · 5.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 16 3% · 18.8% denied
Home improvement 2 0% · 50.0% denied
Other / HELOC 4 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 268 54% · 3.0% denied
FHA 198 40% · 3.5% denied
VA 26 5% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 5 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied North Dakota applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 4 27%
Other 3 20%
Credit history 2 13%
Collateral 2 13%
Unverifiable information 1 7%
Employment history 1 7%
Insufficient cash 1 7%
Incomplete application 1 7%

Where in North Dakota

Counties with the most Fairway Independent Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Williams County 97772 2.1%
Burleigh County 75610 0.0%
McKenzie County 73533 4.1%
Cass County 65580 0.0%
Stutsman County 46322 4.3%
Stark County 42273 7.1%
Morton County 16101 6.3%
Ward County 1061 10.0%
Barnes County 1090 0.0%
Grand Forks County 740 0.0%

Other large lenders in North Dakota

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Gate City BankC 3,10611.3%6.65%
First International Bank & TrustB 1,1124.0%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 8817.5%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 82721.6%6.63%
Bell BankA 8067.7%6.99%
First Community Credit UnionB 6757.1%6.49%
CapitalC 6463.7%7.00%
TOWN AND COUNTRY Credit UnionB 5712.1%6.25%
Mortgage Research CenterC 50013.6%6.25%
U.S. BankD 48630.0%7.30%

Frequently asked questions

North Dakota: 497 applications in 2025, of which 382 were originated and 15 denied.

3.0% of all applications, or 3.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Dakota statewide average across all lenders was 11.4%.

The median rate on loans Fairway Independent Mortgage originated in North Dakota in 2025 was 6.40%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Fairway Independent Mortgage's own HMDA filing for properties located in North Dakota, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology