Guild Mortgage · Iowa · 2025

Guild Mortgage in Iowa: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Guild Mortgage took 711 mortgage applications in Iowa in 2025, ranking #33 of 739 lenders active in the state. It originated 77.4% of them and denied 2.1% (2.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.9%.

711Applicationsin IA
2.5%Decision denial ratestate 15.3%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$195,000Median loanstate $135,000
$120MVolume70 counties

Guild Mortgage in Iowa vs the state

2.1%Denial rate-10.75 pts vs state
2.5%Decision denial rate-12.84 pts vs state
77.4%Origination rate+8.90 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.40Rate spread (pts)+0.21 pts vs state
$85kMedian applicant income
550Loans originated
15Denied

Trend in Iowa

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20236805095.4%6.75%#26
20246755174.0%6.75%#29
20257115502.1%6.63%#33

What Guild Mortgage lends in Iowa

By loan purpose

Home purchase 556 78% · 1.8% denied
Refinance 74 10% · 2.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 78 11% · 3.9% denied
Other / HELOC 3 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 416 59% · 2.2% denied
FHA 210 30% · 2.4% denied
VA 60 8% · 1.7% denied
USDA / RHS 25 4% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Iowa applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 6 40%
Other 4 27%
Credit history 2 13%
Insufficient cash 1 7%
Collateral 1 7%
Incomplete application 1 7%

Where in Iowa

Counties with the most Guild Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Polk County 1731405 2.9%
Story County 90730 0.0%
Pottawattamie County 62450 0.0%
Boone County 41282 4.9%
Linn County 35260 0.0%
Black Hawk County 33280 0.0%
Dallas County 32290 0.0%
Buchanan County 1181 9.1%
Scott County 1091 10.0%
Henry County 1070 0.0%

Other large lenders in Iowa

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
GREENSTATE Credit UnionB 13,8295.9%6.50%
Veridian Credit UnionB 8,7258.9%6.49%
Rocket MortgageC 3,76122.7%6.63%
Hills Bank and TrustA 3,4346.1%6.25%
U.S. BankD 2,72025.7%7.00%
Dupaco CommunityA 2,66916.1%7.00%
Community Choice Credit UnionB 2,65311.8%6.13%
Iowa Bankers MortgageB 2,42315.4%6.50%
Broker SolutionsD 2,3866.4%6.75%
Northwest BankA 2,1815.7%6.38%

Frequently asked questions

Iowa: 711 applications in 2025, of which 550 were originated and 15 denied.

2.1% of all applications, or 2.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Iowa statewide average across all lenders was 12.9%.

The median rate on loans Guild Mortgage originated in Iowa in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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