Guaranteed Rate · Minnesota · 2025

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

Guaranteed Rate took 2,417 mortgage applications in Minnesota in 2025, ranking #17 of 870 lenders active in the state. It originated 64.2% of them and denied 5.5% (7.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 13.6%.

2.4kApplicationsin MN
7.8%Decision denial ratestate 16.4%
6.58%Median ratestate 6.63%
$275,000Median loanstate $215,000
$457MVolume75 counties

Guaranteed Rate in Minnesota vs the state

5.5%Denial rate-8.06 pts vs state
7.8%Decision denial rate-8.57 pts vs state
64.2%Origination rate-2.16 pts vs state
6.58%Median rate-0.05 pts vs state
0.29Rate spread (pts)+0.03 pts vs state
$100kMedian applicant income
1,552Loans originated
134Denied

Trend in Minnesota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,9521,2823.5%6.63%#19
20241,7181,2904.4%6.63%#24
20252,4171,5525.5%6.58%#17

What Guaranteed Rate lends in Minnesota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,720 71% · 3.9% denied
Refinance 338 14% · 5.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 238 10% · 8.4% denied
Home improvement 40 2% · 20.0% denied
Other / HELOC 81 3% · 25.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,828 76% · 5.3% denied
FHA 410 17% · 7.8% denied
VA 158 7% · 3.2% denied
USDA / RHS 21 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Minnesota applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 54 40%
Collateral 19 14%
Other 17 13%
Credit history 16 12%
Incomplete application 14 10%
Unverifiable information 6 4%
Insufficient cash 5 4%
Employment history 3 2%

Where in Minnesota

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hennepin County 51629540 7.8%
Anoka County 20915010 4.8%
Dakota County 2031424 2.0%
Ramsey County 20012313 6.5%
Washington County 1571058 5.1%
Olmsted County 113782 1.8%
Rice County 83685 6.0%
Chisago County 70441 1.4%
Scott County 66384 6.1%
Wright County 61413 4.9%

Other large lenders in Minnesota

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 8,69410.6%6.38%
U.S. BankD 8,62430.4%7.88%
Bell BankA 7,9875.3%6.63%
Rocket MortgageC 7,63016.3%6.63%
Trustone Financial Credit UnionC 6,06620.0%7.25%
Affinity PlusC 5,43814.6%6.63%
Blaze Credit UnionB 4,07412.3%6.38%
Wings Financial Credit UnionA 3,96016.4%7.25%
Crosscountry MortgageB 3,9422.1%6.63%
Fairway Independent MortgageB 3,3273.2%6.75%

Frequently asked questions

Minnesota: 2,417 applications in 2025, of which 1,552 were originated and 134 denied.

5.5% of all applications, or 7.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Minnesota statewide average across all lenders was 13.6%.

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

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