FRC Intelligence · 2025 federal record

Salt Lake City, UT: 16.8% of FHA applications were denied in 2025.

Of 5,152 FHA applications reaching a credit decision in this metro in 2025, 864 were formally denied.

The doors of Salt Lake City, UT

The metro's five highest-volume FHA lenders, by observed 2025 denial rate — a 25.6-point spread inside one metro:

Lender	Decisioned apps (this metro)	Denial rate
SECURITYNATIONAL MORTGAGE COMPANY	297	8.4%
United Wholesale Mortgage	673	17.8%
Kind Lending, LLC	246	25.2%
ROCKET MORTGAGE	262	34.0%

What to do with this

A metro average is a tendency, not a rule — and the table above shows why: the same city contains very different doors. If you've been denied, decode the reason first, then pick the next door on the record, not on advertising.

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Source: CFPB HMDA 2025 (loan_type 2; decisioned = actions 1,2,3; denial = action 3), processed by FinanceRateCalc. Metro = HMDA derived MSA/MD; name per Census/OMB July 2023 delineation. Lender rows require ≥100 decisioned applications in this metro. Denial rates partly reflect applicant mix; historical observation, not advice; no individual outcome predicted. Free · no ads · no lender pays us · CC BY 4.0.