Discover Bank · New Mexico · 2025

Discover Bank in New Mexico: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Discover Bank took 356 mortgage applications in New Mexico in 2025, ranking #52 of 599 lenders active in the state. It originated 14.6% of them and denied 54.2% (78.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.6%.

356Applicationsin NM
78.1%Decision denial ratestate 24.7%
8.74%Median ratestate 6.63%
$65,000Median loanstate $205,000
$4.4MVolume24 counties

Discover Bank in New Mexico vs the state

54.2%Denial rate+35.61 pts vs state
78.1%Decision denial rate+53.48 pts vs state
14.6%Origination rate-38.73 pts vs state
8.74%Median rate+2.11 pts vs state
2.10Rate spread (pts)+1.71 pts vs state
$99kMedian applicant income
52Loans originated
193Denied

Trend in New Mexico

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,16717446.5%9.49%#13
20241,24721653.8%8.86%#12
20253565254.2%8.74%#52

What Discover Bank lends in New Mexico

By loan purpose

Home purchase 27 8% · 48.2% denied
Refinance 70 20% · 57.1% denied
Home improvement 95 27% · 41.1% denied
Other / HELOC 164 46% · 61.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 356 100% · 54.2% denied

Why it denied New Mexico applicants

Credit history 91 47%
Incomplete application 34 18%
Debt-to-income ratio 29 15%
Collateral 21 11%
Other 16 8%
Unverifiable information 2 1%

Where in New Mexico

Counties with the most Discover Bank applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Bernalillo County 1362269 50.7%
Doña Ana County 501123 46.0%
Sandoval County 45725 55.6%
Santa Fe County 28318 64.3%
San Juan County 1739 52.9%
Otero County 1117 63.6%
Valencia County 916 66.7%
Eddy County 804 50.0%
Los Alamos County 815 62.5%
Chaves County 714 57.1%

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: 356 applications in 2025, of which 52 were originated and 193 denied.

54.2% of all applications, or 78.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Mexico statewide average across all lenders was 18.6%.

The median rate on loans Discover Bank originated in New Mexico in 2025 was 8.74%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Discover Bank'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