SmartFi Home Loans · Montana · 2025

SmartFi Home Loans in Montana: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

SmartFi Home Loans took 11 mortgage applications in Montana in 2025, ranking #175 of 553 lenders active in the state. It originated 63.6% of them and denied 36.4% (36.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 14.8%.

11Applicationsin MT
36.4%Decision denial ratestate 18.7%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.63%
$175,000Median loanstate $275,000
$1.5MVolume5 counties

SmartFi Home Loans in Montana vs the state

36.4%Denial rate+21.54 pts vs state
36.4%Decision denial rate+17.66 pts vs state
63.6%Origination rate+1.66 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
Rate spread (pts)
$24kMedian applicant income
7Loans originated
4Denied

What SmartFi Home Loans lends in Montana

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1 9% · 0.0% denied
Refinance 7 64% · 28.6% denied
Home improvement 2 18% · 50.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 9% · 100.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 3 27% · 33.3% denied
FHA 8 73% · 37.5% denied

Why it denied Montana applicants

Collateral 2 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 25%
Unverifiable information 1 25%

Where in Montana

Counties with the most SmartFi Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Flathead County 642 33.3%
Yellowstone County 220 0.0%
Madison County 110 0.0%
Blaine County 101 100.0%
Richland County 101 100.0%

Other large lenders in Montana

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Glacier BankD 3,01816.2%7.25%
Stockman Bank of MontanaB 2,9116.3%6.88%
Rocket MortgageC 1,99917.5%6.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 1,8579.2%6.25%
Opportunity Bank of MontanaB 1,6089.8%6.88%
Evergreen Moneysource MortgageB 1,1581.1%6.25%
U.S. BankD 1,02427.1%7.13%
First Interstate BankD 98722.9%8.25%
Mortgage Research CenterC 94016.7%6.13%
Crosscountry MortgageB 9205.1%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

Montana: 11 applications in 2025, of which 7 were originated and 4 denied.

36.4% of all applications, or 36.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Montana statewide average across all lenders was 14.8%.

The median rate on loans SmartFi Home Loans originated in Montana in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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