Midwest Heritage Bank · Iowa · 2025

Midwest Heritage Bank in Iowa: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Midwest Heritage Bank took 238 mortgage applications in Iowa in 2025, ranking #88 of 739 lenders active in the state. It originated 66.8% of them and denied 17.7% (20.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.9%.

238Applicationsin IA
20.8%Decision denial ratestate 15.3%
Median ratestate 6.50%
$145,000Median loanstate $135,000
$38MVolume41 counties

Midwest Heritage Bank in Iowa vs the state

17.7%Denial rate+4.79 pts vs state
20.8%Decision denial rate+5.48 pts vs state
66.8%Origination rate-1.65 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$90kMedian applicant income
159Loans originated
42Denied

Trend in Iowa

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232501889.6%6.75%#73
202425317414.6%#80
202523815917.7%#88

What Midwest Heritage Bank lends in Iowa

By loan purpose

Home purchase 135 57% · 11.9% denied
Refinance 35 15% · 20.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 6 3% · 16.7% denied
Home improvement 41 17% · 24.4% denied
Other / HELOC 21 9% · 38.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 238 100% · 17.7% denied

Why it denied Iowa applicants

Credit history 22 52%
Debt-to-income ratio 13 31%
Collateral 3 7%
Insufficient cash 2 5%
Employment history 2 5%

Where in Iowa

Counties with the most Midwest Heritage Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Polk County 64418 12.5%
Dallas County 43363 7.0%
Lucas County 41239 22.0%
Warren County 13103 23.1%
Wayne County 962 22.2%
Scott County 541 20.0%
Madison County 412 50.0%
Pottawattamie County 412 50.0%
Linn County 430 0.0%
Guthrie County 430 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: 238 applications in 2025, of which 159 were originated and 42 denied.

17.7% of all applications, or 20.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Iowa statewide average across all lenders was 12.9%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Midwest Heritage Bank'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