Mortgage lender · Cold Spring, MN · LEI 549300INKSPQCTELMO58

Granite Bank review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Granite Bank earns a B, better than most mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 6.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 65th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 0.32 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 37th percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

3.3kApplications2025
78.5%Originatedof applications
6.2%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
6.50%Median ratenational 6.63%
$772MLoan volume33 states

Granite Bank at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

5.2%Denial rate (all applications)-12.75 pts vs national
6.2%Denial rate (decided applications)-16.37 pts vs national
78.5%Origination rate+20.48 pts vs national
15.9%Withdrawn by applicant
0.1%Closed for incompleteness
6.50%Median interest rate-0.13 pts vs national
0.32Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+0.07 pts vs national
$275,000Median loan amount
$6,416Median total loan costs
$100kMedian applicant income
95%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the B grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

65th6.2% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

37th0.32 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

53rd16.0%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

47th2.33% of loan

Trend, 2024–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20241,3931,0546.0%7.3%6.63%$294M
20253,3092,5985.2%6.2%6.50%$772M

What Granite Bank lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,907 88% · 4.3% denied
Refinance 244 7% · 9.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 116 4% · 19.8% denied
Home improvement 11 0% · 9.1% denied
Other / HELOC 31 1% · 3.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,308 70% · 4.9% denied
FHA 680 21% · 6.9% denied
VA 282 9% · 4.3% denied
USDA / RHS 39 1% · 5.1% denied

Also: 1 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 61 manufactured homes, 173 investment properties.

Why Granite Bank denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 173 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Debt-to-income ratio 74 43%
Credit history 28 16%
Collateral 23 13%
Incomplete application 15 9%
Employment history 14 8%
Unverifiable information 11 6%
Other 5 3%
Insufficient cash 3 2%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Granite Bank

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k23817114.5%
$50k – $100k1,3641,0856.1%
$100k – $150k8056525.4%
$150k – $250k5704445.1%
Over $250k2471903.1%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 253182625.1%
25–341,0168124.4%
35–448606696.8%
45–545053819.0%
55–643522825.6%
65–7417112511.4%
Over 7440306.3%

Where Granite Bank lends

33 states and 376 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
Minnesota1,7381,3954.0%6.63%#25
South Dakota3092298.4%6.25%#23
Texas1891490.0%6.49%#424
North Dakota1691365.3%6.50%#30
Wisconsin1471196.1%6.50%#208
Arizona1281056.3%6.63%#216
Florida106799.4%6.63%#473
Colorado93723.2%6.50%#233
Iowa755512.0%6.99%#177
Alabama57463.5%6.50%#294
Washington39277.7%6.63%#319
Illinois38282.6%7.44%#498
Wyoming37295.4%6.50%#80
California31230.0%6.75%#583
Idaho312312.9%6.25%#193
Georgia14728.6%6.63%#619
Missouri1387.7%6.43%#482
North Carolina12118.3%6.38%#601
Nebraska12108.3%6.37%#239
Tennessee11545.5%5.75%#625
Kansas10720.0%6.75%#350
Nevada750.0%6.50%#344
Utah7414.3%6.63%#311
Ohio6333.3%6.49%#677
Oklahoma650.0%6.25%#466
South Carolina530.0%6.25%#644

Frequently asked questions

Granite Bank denied 6.2% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 65th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Granite Bank gave in 2025 was "debt-to-income ratio", cited on 42.8% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Granite Bank originated in 2025 was 6.50%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 0.32 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 88% of its applications were for home purchases, 11% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 1% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 70% conventional, 21% FHA, 9% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Granite Bank. Data sources · Methodology