Waterstone Mortgage · Minnesota · 2025

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

Waterstone Mortgage took 219 mortgage applications in Minnesota in 2025, ranking #134 of 870 lenders active in the state. It originated 73.5% of them and denied 5.5% (6.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 13.6%.

219Applicationsin MN
6.8%Decision denial ratestate 16.4%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.63%
$305,000Median loanstate $215,000
$53MVolume21 counties

Waterstone Mortgage in Minnesota vs the state

5.5%Denial rate-8.12 pts vs state
6.8%Decision denial rate-9.53 pts vs state
73.5%Origination rate+7.15 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
0.52Rate spread (pts)+0.26 pts vs state
$109kMedian applicant income
161Loans originated
12Denied

Trend in Minnesota

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023115892.6%6.88%#170
20241711332.3%6.93%#142
20252191615.5%6.88%#134

What Waterstone Mortgage lends in Minnesota

By loan purpose

Home purchase 187 85% · 5.4% denied
Refinance 22 10% · 9.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 9 4% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 155 71% · 3.2% denied
FHA 38 17% · 15.8% denied
VA 24 11% · 4.2% denied
USDA / RHS 2 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Minnesota applicants

Unverifiable information 4 33%
Debt-to-income ratio 2 17%
Insufficient cash 2 17%
Employment history 2 17%
Collateral 2 17%

Where in Minnesota

Counties with the most Waterstone Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Washington County 41301 2.4%
Hennepin County 35291 2.9%
Dakota County 33262 6.1%
Ramsey County 27155 18.5%
Anoka County 19130 0.0%
Wright County 17160 0.0%
Sherburne County 12100 0.0%
Chisago County 750 0.0%
Scott County 651 16.7%
Stearns County 512 40.0%

Other large lenders in Minnesota

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
United Shore Financial ServicesB 8,69410.6%6.38%
U.S. BankD 8,62430.4%7.88%
Bell BankA 7,9875.3%6.63%
Rocket MortgageC 7,63016.3%6.63%
Trustone Financial Credit UnionC 6,06620.0%7.25%
Affinity PlusC 5,43814.6%6.63%
Blaze Credit UnionB 4,07412.3%6.38%
Wings Financial Credit UnionA 3,96016.4%7.25%
Crosscountry MortgageB 3,9422.1%6.63%
Fairway Independent MortgageB 3,3273.2%6.75%

Frequently asked questions

Minnesota: 219 applications in 2025, of which 161 were originated and 12 denied.

5.5% of all applications, or 6.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Minnesota statewide average across all lenders was 13.6%.

The median rate on loans Waterstone Mortgage originated in Minnesota in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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