Gardner Financial Services · Utah · 2025

Gardner Financial Services in Utah: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Gardner Financial Services took 240 mortgage applications in Utah in 2025, ranking #91 of 575 lenders active in the state. It originated 84.6% of them and denied 0.8% (1.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.0%.

240Applicationsin UT
1.0%Decision denial ratestate 19.2%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$425,000Median loanstate $305,000
$96MVolume16 counties

Gardner Financial Services in Utah vs the state

0.8%Denial rate-15.13 pts vs state
1.0%Decision denial rate-18.23 pts vs state
84.6%Origination rate+21.34 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.29Rate spread (pts)+0.05 pts vs state
$1kMedian applicant income
203Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Utah

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023870.0%7.13%#283
20241831380.0%7.00%#96
20252402030.8%6.63%#91

What Gardner Financial Services lends in Utah

By loan purpose

Home purchase 195 81% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 33 14% · 6.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 12 5% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 198 83% · 0.5% denied
FHA 37 15% · 2.7% denied
VA 5 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Utah applicants

Credit history 1 50%
Other 1 50%

Where in Utah

Counties with the most Gardner Financial Services applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Salt Lake County 101842 2.0%
Utah County 39310 0.0%
Davis County 25220 0.0%
Weber County 22220 0.0%
Tooele County 1060 0.0%
Summit County 960 0.0%
Wasatch County 880 0.0%
Washington County 880 0.0%
Box Elder County 660 0.0%
Cache County 440 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%
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: 240 applications in 2025, of which 203 were originated and 2 denied.

0.8% of all applications, or 1.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Utah statewide average across all lenders was 16.0%.

The median rate on loans Gardner Financial Services originated in Utah in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Gardner Financial Services'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