Guaranteed Rate Affinity · Colorado · 2025

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in Colorado: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Guaranteed Rate Affinity took 803 mortgage applications in Colorado in 2025, ranking #72 of 1,114 lenders active in the state. It originated 65.9% of them and denied 4.2% (6.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.6%.

803Applicationsin CO
6.0%Decision denial ratestate 19.7%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.63%
$475,000Median loanstate $325,000
$272MVolume30 counties

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in Colorado vs the state

4.2%Denial rate-11.40 pts vs state
6.0%Decision denial rate-13.71 pts vs state
65.9%Origination rate+5.86 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.38 pts vs state
0.09Rate spread (pts)-0.06 pts vs state
$150kMedian applicant income
529Loans originated
34Denied

Trend in Colorado

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20237944954.0%6.63%#69
20245854213.8%6.63%#89
20258035294.2%6.25%#72

What Guaranteed Rate Affinity lends in Colorado

By loan purpose

Home purchase 587 73% · 2.4% denied
Refinance 148 18% · 5.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 55 7% · 9.1% denied
Home improvement 6 1% · 33.3% denied
Other / HELOC 7 1% · 71.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 656 82% · 4.0% denied
FHA 80 10% · 10.0% denied
VA 67 8% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Colorado applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 16 47%
Collateral 9 26%
Other 4 12%
Incomplete application 2 6%
Credit history 2 6%
Unverifiable information 1 3%

Where in Colorado

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate Affinity applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Arapahoe County 1227214 11.5%
Denver County 120862 1.7%
El Paso County 112765 4.5%
Jefferson County 111702 1.8%
Douglas County 85545 5.9%
Larimer County 66461 1.5%
Adams County 61442 3.3%
Weld County 41321 2.4%
Boulder County 25141 4.0%
Elbert County 1070 0.0%

Other large lenders in Colorado

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 23,1118.8%6.13%
ENT Credit UnionB 13,23820.9%7.50%
Rocket MortgageC 11,48615.7%6.61%
Guild MortgageA 6,2323.1%6.62%
Bellco Credit UnionF 5,86340.9%8.00%
U.S. BankD 4,97836.0%7.95%
American FinancingD 4,93741.3%6.38%
FirstBankC 4,92915.6%7.00%
Canvas Credit UnionC 4,88913.7%7.89%
ElevationsC 4,42610.8%6.88%

Frequently asked questions

Colorado: 803 applications in 2025, of which 529 were originated and 34 denied.

4.2% of all applications, or 6.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Colorado statewide average across all lenders was 15.6%.

The median rate on loans Guaranteed Rate Affinity originated in Colorado in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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