Freedom Mortgage · Iowa · 2025

Freedom Mortgage in Iowa: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Freedom Mortgage took 919 mortgage applications in Iowa in 2025, ranking #25 of 739 lenders active in the state. It originated 36.8% of them and denied 14.7% (25.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.9%.

919Applicationsin IA
25.1%Decision denial ratestate 15.3%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.50%
$215,000Median loanstate $135,000
$77MVolume89 counties

Freedom Mortgage in Iowa vs the state

14.7%Denial rate+1.83 pts vs state
25.1%Decision denial rate+9.74 pts vs state
36.8%Origination rate-31.68 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.38Rate spread (pts)+0.19 pts vs state
$83kMedian applicant income
338Loans originated
135Denied

Trend in Iowa

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202331916315.4%6.75%#58
202467326715.0%6.63%#30
202591933814.7%6.25%#25

What Freedom Mortgage lends in Iowa

By loan purpose

Home purchase 43 5% · 7.0% denied
Refinance 435 47% · 6.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 437 48% · 23.6% denied
Other / HELOC 4 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 85 9% · 4.7% denied
FHA 494 54% · 20.5% denied
VA 340 37% · 8.8% denied

Why it denied Iowa applicants

Collateral 72 53%
Credit history 33 24%
Debt-to-income ratio 13 10%
Other 9 7%
Insufficient cash 3 2%
Incomplete application 2 1%
Employment history 2 1%
Unverifiable information 1 1%

Where in Iowa

Counties with the most Freedom Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Polk County 2018018 9.0%
Scott County 90359 10.0%
Pottawattamie County 51294 7.8%
Linn County 46159 19.6%
Dallas County 40158 20.0%
Warren County 33144 12.1%
Woodbury County 3187 22.6%
Jasper County 2362 8.7%
Johnson County 2294 18.2%
Black Hawk County 1953 15.8%

Other large lenders in Iowa

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
GREENSTATE Credit UnionB 13,8295.9%6.50%
Veridian Credit UnionB 8,7258.9%6.49%
Rocket MortgageC 3,76122.7%6.63%
Hills Bank and TrustA 3,4346.1%6.25%
U.S. BankD 2,72025.7%7.00%
Dupaco CommunityA 2,66916.1%7.00%
Community Choice Credit UnionB 2,65311.8%6.13%
Iowa Bankers MortgageB 2,42315.4%6.50%
Broker SolutionsD 2,3866.4%6.75%
Northwest BankA 2,1815.7%6.38%

Frequently asked questions

Iowa: 919 applications in 2025, of which 338 were originated and 135 denied.

14.7% of all applications, or 25.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Iowa statewide average across all lenders was 12.9%.

The median rate on loans Freedom Mortgage originated in Iowa in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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