Rocket Mortgage · Missouri · 2025

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

Rocket Mortgage took 10,460 mortgage applications in Missouri in 2025, ranking #1 of 1,023 lenders active in the state. It originated 71.5% of them and denied 18.4% (19.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.1%.

10kApplicationsin MO
19.8%Decision denial ratestate 18.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$165,000Median loanstate $175,000
$1.4BVolume115 counties

Rocket Mortgage in Missouri vs the state

18.4%Denial rate+3.30 pts vs state
19.8%Decision denial rate+1.14 pts vs state
71.5%Origination rate+8.86 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.62Rate spread (pts)+0.27 pts vs state
$84kMedian applicant income
7,481Loans originated
1,922Denied

Trend in Missouri

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20236,6454,88717.1%6.63%#4
20248,6576,46817.0%6.63%#1
202510,4607,48118.4%6.63%#1

What Rocket Mortgage lends in Missouri

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,599 25% · 12.9% denied
Refinance 2,077 20% · 16.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 5,246 50% · 20.8% denied
Home improvement 182 2% · 31.3% denied
Other / HELOC 356 3% · 26.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 7,242 69% · 15.5% denied
FHA 2,290 22% · 28.0% denied
VA 928 9% · 17.1% denied

Why it denied Missouri applicants

Collateral 896 47%
Incomplete application 411 21%
Debt-to-income ratio 312 16%
Credit history 126 7%
Insufficient cash 85 4%
Other 43 2%
Unverifiable information 34 2%
Employment history 15 1%

Where in Missouri

Counties with the most Rocket Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
St. Louis County 1,372987259 18.9%
Jackson County 1,185874188 15.9%
St. Charles County 812620100 12.3%
Greene County 567412103 18.2%
Clay County 55141083 15.1%
Jefferson County 46733983 17.8%
St. Louis city 29721355 18.5%
Christian County 25219237 14.7%
Cass County 23417541 17.5%
Boone County 20315228 13.8%

Other large lenders in Missouri

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Flat Branch MortgageA 8,9990.9%6.63%
Guild MortgageA 7,3882.5%6.63%
U.S. BankD 7,19032.8%7.63%
The Central Trust BankC 7,0229.7%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 6,7108.0%6.55%
Communityamerica Credit UnionB 5,84316.8%6.49%
Mortgage Research CenterC 5,73415.6%6.25%
Broker SolutionsD 5,0077.8%6.88%
Commerce BankD 4,90527.2%6.72%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 4,61012.1%6.38%

Frequently asked questions

Missouri: 10,460 applications in 2025, of which 7,481 were originated and 1,922 denied.

18.4% of all applications, or 19.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Missouri statewide average across all lenders was 15.1%.

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

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