Guaranteed Rate Affinity · Massachusetts · 2025

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

Guaranteed Rate Affinity took 1,171 mortgage applications in Massachusetts in 2025, ranking #42 of 799 lenders active in the state. It originated 69.7% of them and denied 3.3% (4.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.2%.

1.2kApplicationsin MA
4.4%Decision denial ratestate 20.0%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$525,000Median loanstate $325,000
$462MVolume13 counties

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in Massachusetts vs the state

3.3%Denial rate-12.96 pts vs state
4.4%Decision denial rate-15.53 pts vs state
69.7%Origination rate+7.08 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.06Rate spread (pts)-0.03 pts vs state
$175kMedian applicant income
816Loans originated
38Denied

Trend in Massachusetts

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20239906004.2%6.60%#41
20249506645.7%6.63%#46
20251,1718163.3%6.50%#42

What Guaranteed Rate Affinity lends in Massachusetts

By loan purpose

Home purchase 945 81% · 2.1% denied
Refinance 123 11% · 1.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 85 7% · 11.8% denied
Home improvement 7 1% · 71.4% denied
Other / HELOC 11 1% · 9.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,103 94% · 3.0% denied
FHA 42 4% · 9.5% denied
VA 26 2% · 3.9% denied

Why it denied Massachusetts applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 12 32%
Collateral 11 29%
Other 7 18%
Credit history 5 13%
Incomplete application 2 5%
Employment history 1 3%

Where in Massachusetts

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate Affinity applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Middlesex County 32021114 4.4%
Norfolk County 1901392 1.1%
Worcester County 1481029 6.1%
Suffolk County 145884 2.8%
Plymouth County 122930 0.0%
Essex County 100723 3.0%
Bristol County 56431 1.8%
Hampden County 46354 8.7%
Barnstable County 21160 0.0%
Hampshire County 12110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Massachusetts

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Citizens BankC 17,47629.0%7.40%
Rocket MortgageC 8,69815.9%6.75%
Bank of AmericaF 7,78430.1%5.99%
Guaranteed RateB 7,3134.5%6.50%
Eastern BankB 6,21631.8%6.99%
Rockland TrustC 5,99028.6%6.99%
Leader BankA 5,9131.8%6.25%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 5,89812.8%6.50%
Crosscountry MortgageB 5,6343.8%6.63%
TD BankD 3,77826.9%7.44%

Frequently asked questions

Massachusetts: 1,171 applications in 2025, of which 816 were originated and 38 denied.

3.3% of all applications, or 4.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Massachusetts statewide average across all lenders was 16.2%.

The median rate on loans Guaranteed Rate Affinity originated in Massachusetts in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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