Guaranteed Rate · Missouri · 2025

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

Guaranteed Rate took 964 mortgage applications in Missouri in 2025, ranking #53 of 1,023 lenders active in the state. It originated 43.7% of them and denied 9.1% (16.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.1%.

964Applicationsin MO
16.8%Decision denial ratestate 18.7%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$215,000Median loanstate $175,000
$115MVolume77 counties

Guaranteed Rate in Missouri vs the state

9.1%Denial rate-5.94 pts vs state
16.8%Decision denial rate-1.91 pts vs state
43.7%Origination rate-18.99 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.33Rate spread (pts)-0.02 pts vs state
$102kMedian applicant income
421Loans originated
88Denied

Trend in Missouri

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20239404563.8%6.74%#46
20246113657.7%6.75%#76
20259644219.1%6.50%#53

What Guaranteed Rate lends in Missouri

By loan purpose

Home purchase 484 50% · 3.1% denied
Refinance 139 14% · 5.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 237 25% · 12.7% denied
Home improvement 42 4% · 28.6% denied
Other / HELOC 62 6% · 37.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 662 69% · 9.4% denied
FHA 183 19% · 12.0% denied
VA 112 12% · 2.7% denied
USDA / RHS 7 1% · 14.3% denied

Why it denied Missouri applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 28 32%
Credit history 18 20%
Incomplete application 15 17%
Collateral 12 14%
Other 12 14%
Insufficient cash 2 2%
Unverifiable information 1 1%

Where in Missouri

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
St. Louis County 1516119 12.6%
Jackson County 149758 5.4%
St. Charles County 91286 6.6%
Clay County 80447 8.8%
Boone County 43175 11.6%
St. Louis city 30122 6.7%
Pulaski County 30163 10.0%
Camden County 30180 0.0%
Jefferson County 30124 13.3%
Greene County 2562 8.0%

Other large lenders in Missouri

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 10,46018.4%6.63%
Flat Branch MortgageA 8,9990.9%6.63%
Guild MortgageA 7,3882.5%6.63%
U.S. BankD 7,19032.8%7.63%
The Central Trust BankC 7,0229.7%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 6,7108.0%6.55%
Communityamerica Credit UnionB 5,84316.8%6.49%
Mortgage Research CenterC 5,73415.6%6.25%
Broker SolutionsD 5,0077.8%6.88%
Commerce BankD 4,90527.2%6.72%

Frequently asked questions

Missouri: 964 applications in 2025, of which 421 were originated and 88 denied.

9.1% of all applications, or 16.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Missouri statewide average across all lenders was 15.1%.

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

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