Guaranteed Rate Affinity · Utah · 2025

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

Guaranteed Rate Affinity took 344 mortgage applications in Utah in 2025, ranking #71 of 575 lenders active in the state. It originated 53.5% of them and denied 7.6% (12.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.0%.

344Applicationsin UT
12.3%Decision denial ratestate 19.2%
6.51%Median ratestate 6.63%
$385,000Median loanstate $305,000
$76MVolume18 counties

Guaranteed Rate Affinity in Utah vs the state

7.6%Denial rate-8.40 pts vs state
12.3%Decision denial rate-6.86 pts vs state
53.5%Origination rate-9.75 pts vs state
6.51%Median rate-0.11 pts vs state
0.31Rate spread (pts)+0.07 pts vs state
$113kMedian applicant income
184Loans originated
26Denied

Trend in Utah

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232801306.4%6.75%#72
202420912110.5%6.58%#93
20253441847.6%6.51%#71

What Guaranteed Rate Affinity lends in Utah

By loan purpose

Home purchase 242 70% · 7.9% denied
Refinance 68 20% · 2.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 34 10% · 14.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 261 76% · 7.7% denied
FHA 64 19% · 9.4% denied
VA 18 5% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Utah applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 14 54%
Other 4 15%
Collateral 3 12%
Employment history 2 8%
Insufficient cash 1 4%
Unverifiable information 1 4%
Credit history 1 4%

Where in Utah

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate Affinity applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Salt Lake County 1075612 11.2%
Utah County 80377 8.8%
Davis County 57351 1.8%
Weber County 46262 4.3%
Summit County 731 14.3%
Wasatch County 760 0.0%
Tooele County 620 0.0%
Cache County 530 0.0%
Box Elder County 550 0.0%
Washington County 511 20.0%

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: 344 applications in 2025, of which 184 were originated and 26 denied.

7.6% of all applications, or 12.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Utah statewide average across all lenders was 16.0%.

The median rate on loans Guaranteed Rate Affinity originated in Utah in 2025 was 6.51%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Guaranteed Rate Affinity'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