Guaranteed Rate Affinity · Maryland · 2025

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

Guaranteed Rate Affinity took 718 mortgage applications in Maryland in 2025, ranking #67 of 810 lenders active in the state. It originated 72.0% of them and denied 3.1% (4.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

718Applicationsin MD
4.0%Decision denial ratestate 24.1%
6.58%Median ratestate 6.63%
$380,000Median loanstate $265,000
$223MVolume24 counties

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in Maryland vs the state

3.1%Denial rate-15.74 pts vs state
4.0%Decision denial rate-20.09 pts vs state
72.0%Origination rate+16.30 pts vs state
6.58%Median rate-0.05 pts vs state
0.20Rate spread (pts)-0.05 pts vs state
$134kMedian applicant income
517Loans originated
22Denied

Trend in Maryland

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20237285103.4%6.63%#57
20246274553.0%6.75%#73
20257185173.1%6.58%#67

What Guaranteed Rate Affinity lends in Maryland

By loan purpose

Home purchase 571 80% · 2.8% denied
Refinance 88 12% · 1.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 59 8% · 8.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 519 72% · 1.7% denied
FHA 93 13% · 8.6% denied
VA 105 15% · 4.8% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Maryland applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 9 41%
Credit history 5 23%
Other 4 18%
Insufficient cash 1 5%
Employment history 1 5%
Collateral 1 5%
Unverifiable information 1 5%

Where in Maryland

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate Affinity applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Anne Arundel County 1681306 3.6%
Baltimore County 96722 2.1%
Harford County 63450 0.0%
Howard County 62491 1.6%
Prince George's County 52265 9.6%
Montgomery County 47381 2.1%
Worcester County 39280 0.0%
Baltimore city 39281 2.6%
Wicomico County 29191 3.4%
Carroll County 21170 0.0%

Other large lenders in Maryland

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 12,80616.8%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 11,43623.0%8.00%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 9,30716.0%6.13%
Truist BankC 6,55934.9%6.49%
Bank of AmericaF 6,05135.8%6.24%
NewrezD 5,73921.0%6.63%
State Employees Credit Union of MarylandD 5,62444.6%6.25%
PNC BankD 5,58228.0%7.41%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 5,49732.0%5.99%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 5,41112.4%6.49%

Frequently asked questions

Maryland: 718 applications in 2025, of which 517 were originated and 22 denied.

3.1% of all applications, or 4.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Maryland statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

The median rate on loans Guaranteed Rate Affinity originated in Maryland in 2025 was 6.58%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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