Builders Choice Mortgage · New Mexico · 2025

Builders Choice Mortgage in New Mexico: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Builders Choice Mortgage took 324 mortgage applications in New Mexico in 2025, ranking #57 of 599 lenders active in the state. It originated 73.8% of them and denied 3.7% (4.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.6%.

324Applicationsin NM
4.8%Decision denial ratestate 24.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$295,000Median loanstate $205,000
$78MVolume13 counties

Builders Choice Mortgage in New Mexico vs the state

3.7%Denial rate-14.90 pts vs state
4.8%Decision denial rate-19.88 pts vs state
73.8%Origination rate+20.43 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.37Rate spread (pts)-0.01 pts vs state
$110kMedian applicant income
239Loans originated
12Denied

What Builders Choice Mortgage lends in New Mexico

By loan purpose

Home purchase 312 96% · 3.9% denied
Refinance 6 2% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 6 2% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 172 53% · 3.5% denied
FHA 104 32% · 5.8% denied
VA 48 15% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Mexico applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 7 58%
Collateral 1 8%
Insufficient cash 1 8%
Other 1 8%
Employment history 1 8%
Unverifiable information 1 8%

Where in New Mexico

Counties with the most Builders Choice Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Bernalillo County 1601179 5.6%
Sandoval County 92652 2.2%
Valencia County 31240 0.0%
Santa Fe County 14131 7.1%
Taos County 860 0.0%
Torrance County 330 0.0%
Sierra County 330 0.0%
Colfax County 220 0.0%
Los Alamos County 220 0.0%
Doña Ana County 220 0.0%

Other large lenders in New Mexico

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 4,44020.5%6.75%
21st MortgageF 3,99245.5%9.60%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 3,25112.8%6.13%
Guild MortgageA 3,1864.3%6.63%
NusendaD 2,96213.7%8.00%
Waterstone MortgageC 2,7403.2%6.88%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 2,08546.4%9.99%
Sunward Federal Credit UnionB 1,7659.1%6.50%
Mortgage Research CenterC 1,68315.9%6.25%
Primary Residential MortgageC 1,4974.9%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

New Mexico: 324 applications in 2025, of which 239 were originated and 12 denied.

3.7% of all applications, or 4.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Mexico statewide average across all lenders was 18.6%.

The median rate on loans Builders Choice Mortgage originated in New Mexico in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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