Wells Fargo Bank · Utah · 2025

Wells Fargo Bank in Utah: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Wells Fargo Bank took 429 mortgage applications in Utah in 2025, ranking #62 of 575 lenders active in the state. It originated 48.7% of them and denied 19.1% (28.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 16.0%.

429Applicationsin UT
28.0%Decision denial ratestate 19.2%
6.13%Median ratestate 6.63%
$385,000Median loanstate $305,000
$243MVolume23 counties

Wells Fargo Bank in Utah vs the state

19.1%Denial rate+3.15 pts vs state
28.0%Decision denial rate+8.81 pts vs state
48.7%Origination rate-14.52 pts vs state
6.13%Median rate-0.50 pts vs state
-0.07Rate spread (pts)-0.31 pts vs state
$140kMedian applicant income
209Loans originated
82Denied

Trend in Utah

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202368935321.0%5.75%#36
202441520223.9%6.38%#58
202542920919.1%6.13%#62

What Wells Fargo Bank lends in Utah

By loan purpose

Home purchase 223 52% · 12.6% denied
Refinance 43 10% · 25.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 95 22% · 24.2% denied
Home improvement 15 3% · 20.0% denied
Other / HELOC 53 12% · 32.1% denied

By loan type

Conventional 417 97% · 18.5% denied
FHA 9 2% · 44.4% denied
VA 3 1% · 33.3% denied

Why it denied Utah applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 54 66%
Other 11 13%
Collateral 8 10%
Insufficient cash 4 5%
Credit history 3 4%
Incomplete application 1 1%
Unverifiable information 1 1%

Where in Utah

Counties with the most Wells Fargo Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Salt Lake County 1286723 18.0%
Utah County 502113 26.0%
Summit County 50259 18.0%
Davis County 39209 23.1%
Wasatch County 35183 8.6%
Washington County 32175 15.6%
Weber County 26113 11.5%
Carbon County 1356 46.2%
Iron County 1144 36.4%
Cache County 934 44.4%

Other large lenders in Utah

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
AMERICA FIRST Federal Credit UnionC 16,30318.3%6.99%
Mountain America Federal Credit UnionD 15,40136.5%7.24%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 11,3258.5%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 6,27614.6%6.63%
Guild MortgageA 5,4271.5%6.50%
Intercap LendingA 4,8810.7%6.50%
GoldenwestB 4,79417.6%7.50%
First Colony MortgageA 3,4992.1%6.38%
Kind LendingC 3,22720.3%6.50%
Zions BancorporationB 3,01322.9%6.49%

Frequently asked questions

Utah: 429 applications in 2025, of which 209 were originated and 82 denied.

19.1% of all applications, or 28.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The Utah statewide average across all lenders was 16.0%.

The median rate on loans Wells Fargo Bank originated in Utah in 2025 was 6.13%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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