Guaranteed Rate · Alaska · 2025

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

Guaranteed Rate took 221 mortgage applications in Alaska in 2025, ranking #22 of 252 lenders active in the state. It originated 62.4% of them and denied 9.1% (12.2% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 14.0%.

221Applicationsin AK
12.2%Decision denial ratestate 18.0%
6.53%Median ratestate 6.44%
$335,000Median loanstate $305,000
$46MVolume11 counties

Guaranteed Rate in Alaska vs the state

9.1%Denial rate-4.96 pts vs state
12.2%Decision denial rate-5.78 pts vs state
62.4%Origination rate+1.76 pts vs state
6.53%Median rate+0.08 pts vs state
0.09Rate spread (pts)-0.04 pts vs state
$120kMedian applicant income
138Loans originated
20Denied

Trend in Alaska

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232531833.6%6.60%#17
20242491677.6%6.50%#21
20252211389.1%6.53%#22

What Guaranteed Rate lends in Alaska

By loan purpose

Home purchase 158 71% · 3.8% denied
Refinance 17 8% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 19 9% · 21.1% denied
Home improvement 7 3% · 57.1% denied
Other / HELOC 20 9% · 30.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 136 62% · 11.8% denied
FHA 31 14% · 9.7% denied
VA 54 24% · 1.9% denied

Why it denied Alaska applicants

Incomplete application 7 35%
Debt-to-income ratio 7 35%
Other 2 10%
Collateral 1 5%
Insufficient cash 1 5%
Unverifiable information 1 5%
Credit history 1 5%

Where in Alaska

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Anchorage Municipality 1187211 9.3%
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 34213 8.8%
Kenai Peninsula Borough 31230 0.0%
Fairbanks North Star Borough 1792 11.8%
Juneau City and Borough 631 16.7%
Petersburg Borough 430 0.0%
Sitka City and Borough 422 50.0%
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 330 0.0%
Chugach Census Area 210 0.0%
Wrangell City and Borough 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Alaska

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Global Federal Credit UnionC 2,60116.0%6.63%
Residential MortgageB 1,9074.4%6.25%
NewrezD 1,3444.3%6.38%
Rocket MortgageC 1,05117.8%6.75%
Mortgage Research CenterC 84414.5%6.25%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 55112.2%6.12%
The Loan StoreB 5198.5%6.50%
NuVision Federal Credit UnionC 50132.9%4.99%
CREDIT UNION 1 Credit UnionD 46211.7%7.75%
First National Bank AlaskaC 4029.0%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

Alaska: 221 applications in 2025, of which 138 were originated and 20 denied.

9.1% of all applications, or 12.2% of the applications it actually decided on. The Alaska statewide average across all lenders was 14.0%.

The median rate on loans Guaranteed Rate originated in Alaska in 2025 was 6.53%, against a statewide median of 6.44%.

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