Rocket Mortgage · Iowa · 2025

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

Rocket Mortgage took 3,761 mortgage applications in Iowa in 2025, ranking #3 of 739 lenders active in the state. It originated 67.8% of them and denied 22.7% (24.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.9%.

3.8kApplicationsin IA
24.5%Decision denial ratestate 15.3%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$135,000Median loanstate $135,000
$442MVolume99 counties

Rocket Mortgage in Iowa vs the state

22.7%Denial rate+9.82 pts vs state
24.5%Decision denial rate+9.16 pts vs state
67.8%Origination rate-0.63 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.68Rate spread (pts)+0.49 pts vs state
$78kMedian applicant income
2,551Loans originated
853Denied

Trend in Iowa

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232,4451,65322.4%6.50%#6
20242,9182,02021.4%6.50%#3
20253,7612,55122.7%6.63%#3

What Rocket Mortgage lends in Iowa

By loan purpose

Home purchase 980 26% · 14.5% denied
Refinance 686 18% · 24.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 1,924 51% · 25.0% denied
Home improvement 59 2% · 28.8% denied
Other / HELOC 112 3% · 37.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,355 63% · 19.8% denied
FHA 1,061 28% · 30.1% denied
VA 345 9% · 20.0% denied

Why it denied Iowa applicants

Collateral 393 46%
Incomplete application 164 19%
Debt-to-income ratio 135 16%
Credit history 69 8%
Insufficient cash 38 4%
Other 32 4%
Unverifiable information 12 1%
Employment history 10 1%

Where in Iowa

Counties with the most Rocket Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Polk County 608455107 17.6%
Scott County 18613437 19.9%
Linn County 18512346 24.9%
Pottawattamie County 18112338 21.0%
Woodbury County 14610131 21.2%
Dallas County 1198028 23.5%
Warren County 1168518 15.5%
Johnson County 935626 28.0%
Black Hawk County 825815 18.3%
Story County 654313 20.0%

Other large lenders in Iowa

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
GREENSTATE Credit UnionB 13,8295.9%6.50%
Veridian Credit UnionB 8,7258.9%6.49%
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%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 1,95011.5%6.13%

Frequently asked questions

Iowa: 3,761 applications in 2025, of which 2,551 were originated and 853 denied.

22.7% of all applications, or 24.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Iowa statewide average across all lenders was 12.9%.

The median rate on loans Rocket Mortgage originated in Iowa in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

About this data. Figures are Rocket 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