Waterstone Mortgage · Kansas · 2025

Waterstone Mortgage in Kansas: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Waterstone Mortgage took 168 mortgage applications in Kansas in 2025, ranking #116 of 766 lenders active in the state. It originated 75.0% of them and denied 2.4% (3.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.0%.

168Applicationsin KS
3.0%Decision denial ratestate 18.3%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.63%
$295,000Median loanstate $165,000
$42MVolume21 counties

Waterstone Mortgage in Kansas vs the state

2.4%Denial rate-12.65 pts vs state
3.0%Decision denial rate-15.25 pts vs state
75.0%Origination rate+11.18 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.39Rate spread (pts)+0.09 pts vs state
$109kMedian applicant income
126Loans originated
4Denied

Trend in Kansas

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023128972.3%6.88%#115
20241421113.5%6.75%#122
20251681262.4%6.75%#116

What Waterstone Mortgage lends in Kansas

By loan purpose

Home purchase 140 83% · 0.7% denied
Refinance 22 13% · 9.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 6 4% · 16.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 134 80% · 3.0% denied
FHA 21 13% · 0.0% denied
VA 13 8% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Kansas applicants

Collateral 3 75%
Unverifiable information 1 25%

Where in Kansas

Counties with the most Waterstone Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Johnson County 110850 0.0%
Leavenworth County 17133 17.6%
Wyandotte County 1080 0.0%
Miami County 540 0.0%
Linn County 430 0.0%
Shawnee County 320 0.0%
Sedgwick County 201 50.0%
Franklin County 220 0.0%
Douglas County 210 0.0%
Riley County 220 0.0%

Other large lenders in Kansas

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 5,30318.0%6.63%
Communityamerica Credit UnionB 3,57512.4%6.38%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 2,54511.4%6.38%
Mortgage Research CenterC 2,38915.1%6.25%
Fairway Independent MortgageB 2,3602.0%6.63%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 2,10310.8%6.49%
Credit Union of AmericaC 1,94022.9%7.75%
Capitol Federal Savings BankB 1,87312.6%6.75%
Guild MortgageA 1,5493.6%6.63%
U.S. BankD 1,53431.4%7.28%

Frequently asked questions

Kansas: 168 applications in 2025, of which 126 were originated and 4 denied.

2.4% of all applications, or 3.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Kansas statewide average across all lenders was 15.0%.

The median rate on loans Waterstone Mortgage originated in Kansas in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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