Nations Lending · Minnesota · 2025

Nations Lending in Minnesota: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Nations Lending took 166 mortgage applications in Minnesota in 2025, ranking #152 of 870 lenders active in the state. It originated 86.1% of them and denied 3.0% (3.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 13.6%.

166Applicationsin MN
3.1%Decision denial ratestate 16.4%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$245,000Median loanstate $215,000
$38MVolume39 counties

Nations Lending in Minnesota vs the state

3.0%Denial rate-10.59 pts vs state
3.1%Decision denial rate-13.21 pts vs state
86.1%Origination rate+19.77 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.37Rate spread (pts)+0.11 pts vs state
$92kMedian applicant income
143Loans originated
5Denied

Trend in Minnesota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232282043.5%6.88%#113
20242842373.9%6.88%#101
20251661433.0%6.63%#152

What Nations Lending lends in Minnesota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 131 79% · 1.5% denied
Refinance 19 11% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 16 10% · 18.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 111 67% · 2.7% denied
FHA 43 26% · 4.7% denied
VA 11 7% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 1 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Minnesota applicants

Credit history 2 40%
Collateral 1 20%
Insufficient cash 1 20%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 20%

Where in Minnesota

Counties with the most Nations Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Hennepin County 29241 3.4%
Ramsey County 17151 5.9%
Anoka County 13121 7.7%
Polk County 11110 0.0%
Washington County 11110 0.0%
St. Louis County 1090 0.0%
Dakota County 1070 0.0%
Carlton County 650 0.0%
Becker County 650 0.0%
Olmsted County 550 0.0%

Other large lenders in Minnesota

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 8,69410.6%6.38%
U.S. BankD 8,62430.4%7.88%
Bell BankA 7,9875.3%6.63%
Rocket MortgageC 7,63016.3%6.63%
Trustone Financial Credit UnionC 6,06620.0%7.25%
Affinity PlusC 5,43814.6%6.63%
Blaze Credit UnionB 4,07412.3%6.38%
Wings Financial Credit UnionA 3,96016.4%7.25%
Crosscountry MortgageB 3,9422.1%6.63%
Fairway Independent MortgageB 3,3273.2%6.75%

Frequently asked questions

Minnesota: 166 applications in 2025, of which 143 were originated and 5 denied.

3.0% of all applications, or 3.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Minnesota statewide average across all lenders was 13.6%.

The median rate on loans Nations Lending originated in Minnesota in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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