Zillow Home Loans · Iowa · 2025

Zillow Home Loans in Iowa: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Zillow Home Loans took 107 mortgage applications in Iowa in 2025, ranking #144 of 739 lenders active in the state. It originated 72.9% of them and denied 7.5% (9.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 12.9%.

107Applicationsin IA
9.3%Decision denial ratestate 15.3%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$165,000Median loanstate $135,000
$15MVolume33 counties

Zillow Home Loans in Iowa vs the state

7.5%Denial rate-5.38 pts vs state
9.3%Decision denial rate-6.01 pts vs state
72.9%Origination rate+4.44 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.82Rate spread (pts)+0.63 pts vs state
$70kMedian applicant income
78Loans originated
8Denied

Trend in Iowa

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202342340.0%6.88%#223
2024533215.1%7.00%#207
2025107787.5%6.63%#144

What Zillow Home Loans lends in Iowa

By loan purpose

Home purchase 107 100% · 7.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 73 68% · 8.2% denied
FHA 33 31% · 6.1% denied
VA 1 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Iowa applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 6 75%
Collateral 1 13%
Other 1 13%

Where in Iowa

Counties with the most Zillow Home Loans applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Polk County 30213 10.0%
Scott County 1190 0.0%
Pottawattamie County 970 0.0%
Des Moines County 430 0.0%
Linn County 440 0.0%
Dallas County 440 0.0%
Wapello County 320 0.0%
Lee County 300 0.0%
Cass County 311 33.3%
Wright County 330 0.0%

Other large lenders in Iowa

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
GREENSTATE Credit UnionB 13,8295.9%6.50%
Veridian Credit UnionB 8,7258.9%6.49%
Rocket MortgageC 3,76122.7%6.63%
Hills Bank and TrustA 3,4346.1%6.25%
U.S. BankD 2,72025.7%7.00%
Dupaco CommunityA 2,66916.1%7.00%
Community Choice Credit UnionB 2,65311.8%6.13%
Iowa Bankers MortgageB 2,42315.4%6.50%
Broker SolutionsD 2,3866.4%6.75%
Northwest BankA 2,1815.7%6.38%

Frequently asked questions

Iowa: 107 applications in 2025, of which 78 were originated and 8 denied.

7.5% of all applications, or 9.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The Iowa statewide average across all lenders was 12.9%.

The median rate on loans Zillow Home Loans originated in Iowa in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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