Kind Lending · Utah · 2025

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

Kind Lending took 3,227 mortgage applications in Utah in 2025, ranking #9 of 575 lenders active in the state. It originated 69.7% of them and denied 20.3% (22.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.0%.

3.2kApplicationsin UT
22.3%Decision denial ratestate 19.2%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.63%
$435,000Median loanstate $305,000
$1.0BVolume28 counties

Kind Lending in Utah vs the state

20.3%Denial rate+4.37 pts vs state
22.3%Decision denial rate+3.10 pts vs state
69.7%Origination rate+6.45 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.09Rate spread (pts)-0.15 pts vs state
$132kMedian applicant income
2,249Loans originated
656Denied

Trend in Utah

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202372344823.9%6.50%#33
20242,1991,45921.3%6.63%#13
20253,2272,24920.3%6.50%#9

What Kind Lending lends in Utah

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,281 71% · 18.4% denied
Refinance 429 13% · 25.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 394 12% · 24.1% denied
Home improvement 103 3% · 24.3% denied
Other / HELOC 20 1% · 35.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,153 67% · 19.7% denied
FHA 775 24% · 23.9% denied
VA 283 9% · 15.6% denied
USDA / RHS 16 0% · 25.0% denied

Why it denied Utah applicants

Unverifiable information 199 30%
Insufficient cash 185 28%
Other 117 18%
Collateral 109 17%
Credit history 30 5%
Employment history 9 1%
Incomplete application 7 1%

Where in Utah

Counties with the most Kind Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Salt Lake County 1,066741223 20.9%
Utah County 633438118 18.6%
Davis County 40030464 16.0%
Weber County 33121970 21.1%
Washington County 19313938 19.7%
Cache County 14110625 17.7%
Tooele County 1369032 23.5%
Box Elder County 865421 24.4%
Wasatch County 473012 25.5%
Iron County 28217 25.0%

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%
Zions BancorporationB 3,01322.9%6.49%
Utah Community Federal Credit UnionB 2,57316.1%6.99%

Frequently asked questions

Utah: 3,227 applications in 2025, of which 2,249 were originated and 656 denied.

20.3% of all applications, or 22.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Utah statewide average across all lenders was 16.0%.

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