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Rocket Mortgage in Iowa
HMDA record for properties in Iowa, calendar year 2024. National record · Iowa overview
HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Rocket Mortgage's 2024 HMDA record for Iowa covers 2,918 applications, 2,020 of them originated, worth $349m.
Its denial rate in the state was 23.3%, above the Iowa rate of 15.9% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 18.2%.
The median rate spread on its Iowa originations was 0.6 percentage points (state median 0.2).
Applications in the state were up 19% on 2023.
Compared with the state and the lender's national record
| Measure | In Iowa | Iowa, all lenders | Rocket Mortgage, all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 23.3% | 15.9% | 18.2% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 13.7% | 15.6% | 17.8% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $173k | $187k | $270k | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 32.9% | 57.7% | 38.0% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 31.8% | 8.2% | 18.5% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 9.2% | 5.2% | 7.8% | 7.9% |
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lender in stateIowa, all lenders
Loan purpose and loan type in Iowa
By purpose
Home purchase 33% (664)Home improvement 1% (19)Refinancing 10% (194)Cash-out refinancing 52% (1,055)Other purpose 4% (88)
By type
Conventional 59% (1,193)FHA 32% (642)VA 9% (185)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 623 denials in Iowa by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).
Counties in Iowa
| County | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County | 435 | 316 | $58m | 19.6% |
| Scott County | 152 | 112 | $22m | 19.3% |
| Linn County | 160 | 109 | $21m | 25.5% |
| Pottawattamie County | 138 | 95 | $16m | 25.6% |
| Woodbury County | 118 | 87 | $13m | 20.7% |
| Dallas County | 93 | 68 | $18m | 18.4% |
| Warren County | 69 | 54 | $13m | 9.8% |
| Johnson County | 67 | 47 | $9.4m | 21.7% |
| Dubuque County | 67 | 47 | $10m | 20.0% |
| Black Hawk County | 64 | 42 | $7.4m | 27.1% |
| Muscatine County | 53 | 37 | $5.6m | 22.4% |
| Des Moines County | 52 | 35 | $3.9m | 20.0% |
| Story County | 47 | 33 | $7.1m | 21.4% |
| Lee County | 55 | 31 | $4.4m | 32.7% |
| Boone County | 37 | 28 | $4.8m | 12.5% |
| Cerro Gordo County | 33 | 28 | $4.7m | 9.7% |
| Marshall County | 41 | 27 | $4.0m | 27.0% |
| Wapello County | 40 | 27 | $4.0m | 25.0% |
| Clinton County | 35 | 26 | $3.6m | 13.3% |
| Webster County | 31 | 26 | $3.5m | 13.3% |
| Marion County | 35 | 24 | $4.6m | 24.2% |
| Carroll County | 30 | 23 | $3.4m | 20.7% |
| Benton County | 29 | 23 | $4.4m | 14.8% |
| Mahaska County | 28 | 23 | $3.0m | 11.5% |
| Jasper County | 39 | 22 | $3.8m | 32.4% |
| Plymouth County | 26 | 22 | $3.4m | — |
| Cass County | 28 | 20 | $2.2m | 23.1% |
| Washington County | 26 | 19 | $3.7m | — |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did Rocket Mortgage originate in Iowa in 2024?
2,020 loans totalling $349m, from 2,918 applications reported for properties in Iowa.
What is Rocket Mortgage's denial rate in Iowa?
23.3% of decided applications in Iowa were denied, against 15.9% for all lenders in the state and 18.2% for this lender nationally. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws.
Which Iowa counties does Rocket Mortgage lend in most?
By originations: Polk County (316), Scott County (112), Linn County (109), Pottawattamie County (95), Woodbury County (87).
Where does this data come from?
From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register (FFIEC and CFPB), filtered to the lender's LEI and the property state. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Provenance
Source: HMDA public loan/application register 2022, 2023, 2024 (FFIEC and CFPB, public domain), records for this LEI with a property in Iowa. Built 30 Sep 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.