Nationstar Mortgage · Iowa · 2025

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

Nationstar Mortgage took 486 mortgage applications in Iowa in 2025, ranking #48 of 739 lenders active in the state. It originated 68.7% of them and denied 15.0% (17.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.9%.

486Applicationsin IA
17.7%Decision denial ratestate 15.3%
7.31%Median ratestate 6.50%
$95,000Median loanstate $135,000
$45MVolume73 counties

Nationstar Mortgage in Iowa vs the state

15.0%Denial rate+2.16 pts vs state
17.7%Decision denial rate+2.41 pts vs state
68.7%Origination rate+0.26 pts vs state
7.31%Median rate+0.81 pts vs state
1.36Rate spread (pts)+1.17 pts vs state
$88kMedian applicant income
334Loans originated
73Denied

Trend in Iowa

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202325017413.2%6.38%#75
202440527912.6%7.00%#56
202548633415.0%7.31%#48

What Nationstar Mortgage lends in Iowa

By loan purpose

Home purchase 60 12% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 49 10% · 14.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 163 34% · 22.1% denied
Home improvement 48 10% · 18.8% denied
Other / HELOC 166 34% · 12.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 364 75% · 12.9% denied
FHA 95 20% · 24.2% denied
VA 27 6% · 11.1% denied

Why it denied Iowa applicants

Collateral 40 55%
Other 11 15%
Debt-to-income ratio 6 8%
Incomplete application 5 7%
Credit history 5 7%
Unverifiable information 4 5%
Insufficient cash 1 1%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in Iowa

Counties with the most Nationstar Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Polk County 1147813 11.4%
Pottawattamie County 40310 0.0%
Dallas County 23183 13.0%
Linn County 23191 4.3%
Woodbury County 23155 21.7%
Scott County 23174 17.4%
Warren County 16131 6.3%
Johnson County 14111 7.1%
Story County 1081 10.0%
Clinton County 962 22.2%

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: 486 applications in 2025, of which 334 were originated and 73 denied.

15.0% of all applications, or 17.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Iowa statewide average across all lenders was 12.9%.

The median rate on loans Nationstar Mortgage originated in Iowa in 2025 was 7.31%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Nationstar 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