Guaranteed Rate · Delaware · 2025

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

Guaranteed Rate took 216 mortgage applications in Delaware in 2025, ranking #52 of 540 lenders active in the state. It originated 55.6% of them and denied 6.9% (11.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

216Applicationsin DE
11.0%Decision denial ratestate 22.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$345,000Median loanstate $245,000
$45MVolume3 counties

Guaranteed Rate in Delaware vs the state

6.9%Denial rate-11.22 pts vs state
11.0%Decision denial rate-11.70 pts vs state
55.6%Origination rate-3.63 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.33Rate spread (pts)+0.05 pts vs state
$131kMedian applicant income
120Loans originated
15Denied

Trend in Delaware

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202396574.2%6.58%#85
20241408310.7%6.58%#60
20252161206.9%6.63%#52

What Guaranteed Rate lends in Delaware

By loan purpose

Home purchase 168 78% · 5.4% denied
Refinance 21 10% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 25 12% · 24.0% denied
Other / HELOC 2 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 163 75% · 4.9% denied
FHA 35 16% · 17.1% denied
VA 17 8% · 5.9% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Delaware applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 7 47%
Credit history 6 40%
Insufficient cash 1 7%
Collateral 1 7%

Where in Delaware

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
New Castle County 1307710 7.7%
Sussex County 54301 1.9%
Kent County 31134 12.9%

Other large lenders in Delaware

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 2,38115.5%6.88%
Wilmington Savings Fund SocietyB 1,80116.6%7.25%
Citizens BankC 1,63329.3%7.65%
PNC BankD 1,49225.1%7.50%
NVR Mortgage FinanceB 1,41418.7%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 1,40813.0%6.13%
Pike Creek Mortgage ServicesB 1,3832.2%6.38%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 1,33732.5%5.99%
NewrezD 1,12718.4%6.50%
Del-One Federal Credit UnionD 1,07041.3%7.00%

Frequently asked questions

Delaware: 216 applications in 2025, of which 120 were originated and 15 denied.

6.9% of all applications, or 11.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Delaware statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

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

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