First Colony Mortgage · Utah · 2025

First Colony Mortgage in Utah: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Colony Mortgage took 3,499 mortgage applications in Utah in 2025, ranking #8 of 575 lenders active in the state. It originated 85.3% of them and denied 2.1% (2.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.0%.

3.5kApplicationsin UT
2.3%Decision denial ratestate 19.2%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.63%
$415,000Median loanstate $305,000
$1.3BVolume27 counties

First Colony Mortgage in Utah vs the state

2.1%Denial rate-13.90 pts vs state
2.3%Decision denial rate-16.87 pts vs state
85.3%Origination rate+22.01 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.11Rate spread (pts)-0.13 pts vs state
$120kMedian applicant income
2,983Loans originated
72Denied

Trend in Utah

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232,9062,4491.0%6.50%#8
20243,1812,6781.4%6.50%#8
20253,4992,9832.1%6.38%#8

What First Colony Mortgage lends in Utah

By loan purpose

Home purchase 3,105 89% · 1.9% denied
Refinance 269 8% · 3.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 125 4% · 4.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,566 73% · 1.8% denied
FHA 788 23% · 3.1% denied
VA 134 4% · 2.2% denied
USDA / RHS 11 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Utah applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 40 56%
Collateral 13 18%
Unverifiable information 8 11%
Credit history 7 10%
Insufficient cash 2 3%
Employment history 2 3%

Where in Utah

Counties with the most First Colony Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Utah County 1,6631,42423 1.4%
Salt Lake County 77166021 2.7%
Washington County 2872393 1.0%
Cache County 1801613 1.7%
Davis County 1751505 2.9%
Weber County 113943 2.7%
Box Elder County 85762 2.4%
Tooele County 53442 3.8%
Wasatch County 46403 6.5%
Uintah County 23210 0.0%

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%
Kind LendingC 3,22720.3%6.50%
Zions BancorporationB 3,01322.9%6.49%
Utah Community Federal Credit UnionB 2,57316.1%6.99%

Frequently asked questions

Utah: 3,499 applications in 2025, of which 2,983 were originated and 72 denied.

2.1% of all applications, or 2.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Utah statewide average across all lenders was 16.0%.

The median rate on loans First Colony Mortgage originated in Utah in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are First Colony Mortgage'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