Guaranteed Rate · Utah · 2025

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

Guaranteed Rate took 703 mortgage applications in Utah in 2025, ranking #44 of 575 lenders active in the state. It originated 57.0% of them and denied 8.7% (13.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.0%.

703Applicationsin UT
13.0%Decision denial ratestate 19.2%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$395,000Median loanstate $305,000
$186MVolume23 counties

Guaranteed Rate in Utah vs the state

8.7%Denial rate-7.28 pts vs state
13.0%Decision denial rate-6.23 pts vs state
57.0%Origination rate-6.20 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.24Rate spread (pts)0.00 pts vs state
$120kMedian applicant income
401Loans originated
61Denied

Trend in Utah

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20234582302.4%6.50%#57
20246293716.0%6.63%#47
20257034018.7%6.50%#44

What Guaranteed Rate lends in Utah

By loan purpose

Home purchase 397 56% · 4.5% denied
Refinance 121 17% · 9.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 138 20% · 13.8% denied
Home improvement 13 2% · 30.8% denied
Other / HELOC 34 5% · 23.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 531 76% · 8.1% denied
FHA 133 19% · 12.0% denied
VA 38 5% · 5.3% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Utah applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 15 25%
Credit history 13 21%
Unverifiable information 8 13%
Collateral 7 11%
Insufficient cash 6 10%
Other 6 10%
Incomplete application 6 10%

Where in Utah

Counties with the most Guaranteed Rate applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Salt Lake County 23313120 8.6%
Utah County 1358113 9.6%
Davis County 94527 7.4%
Weber County 77388 10.4%
Tooele County 65435 7.7%
Washington County 28151 3.6%
Box Elder County 1893 16.7%
Summit County 1232 16.7%
Wasatch County 1081 10.0%
Cache County 750 0.0%

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: 703 applications in 2025, of which 401 were originated and 61 denied.

8.7% of all applications, or 13.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Utah statewide average across all lenders was 16.0%.

The median rate on loans Guaranteed Rate originated in Utah 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 Utah, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology