Kind Lending · Montana · 2025

Kind Lending in Montana: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Kind Lending took 450 mortgage applications in Montana in 2025, ranking #19 of 553 lenders active in the state. It originated 70.9% of them and denied 21.1% (22.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 14.8%.

450Applicationsin MT
22.7%Decision denial ratestate 18.7%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$405,000Median loanstate $275,000
$134MVolume29 counties

Kind Lending in Montana vs the state

21.1%Denial rate+6.29 pts vs state
22.7%Decision denial rate+3.97 pts vs state
70.9%Origination rate+8.91 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.13Rate spread (pts)-0.11 pts vs state
$130kMedian applicant income
319Loans originated
95Denied

Trend in Montana

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202312910016.3%6.50%#42
202430521421.6%6.63%#24
202545031921.1%6.50%#19

What Kind Lending lends in Montana

By loan purpose

Home purchase 344 76% · 22.4% denied
Refinance 46 10% · 15.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 47 10% · 17.0% denied
Home improvement 12 3% · 16.7% denied
Other / HELOC 1 0% · 100.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 317 70% · 19.6% denied
FHA 63 14% · 17.5% denied
VA 66 15% · 30.3% denied
USDA / RHS 4 1% · 50.0% denied

Why it denied Montana applicants

Insufficient cash 30 32%
Collateral 23 24%
Unverifiable information 19 20%
Other 12 13%
Credit history 8 8%
Employment history 3 3%

Where in Montana

Counties with the most Kind Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Flathead County 1148122 19.3%
Missoula County 907312 13.3%
Yellowstone County 483710 20.8%
Gallatin County 44288 18.2%
Ravalli County 29206 20.7%
Lake County 15112 13.3%
Lewis and Clark County 1384 30.8%
Sanders County 12111 8.3%
Cascade County 1266 50.0%
Lincoln County 1153 27.3%

Other large lenders in Montana

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Glacier BankD 3,01816.2%7.25%
Stockman Bank of MontanaB 2,9116.3%6.88%
Rocket MortgageC 1,99917.5%6.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 1,8579.2%6.25%
Opportunity Bank of MontanaB 1,6089.8%6.88%
Evergreen Moneysource MortgageB 1,1581.1%6.25%
U.S. BankD 1,02427.1%7.13%
First Interstate BankD 98722.9%8.25%
Mortgage Research CenterC 94016.7%6.13%
Crosscountry MortgageB 9205.1%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

Montana: 450 applications in 2025, of which 319 were originated and 95 denied.

21.1% of all applications, or 22.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Montana statewide average across all lenders was 14.8%.

The median rate on loans Kind Lending originated in Montana in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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