First Community Mortgage · Delaware · 2025

First Community Mortgage in Delaware: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Community Mortgage took 69 mortgage applications in Delaware in 2025, ranking #101 of 540 lenders active in the state. It originated 82.6% of them and denied 7.3% (7.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.2%.

69Applicationsin DE
7.5%Decision denial ratestate 22.7%
6.49%Median ratestate 6.63%
$315,000Median loanstate $245,000
$20MVolume3 counties

First Community Mortgage in Delaware vs the state

7.3%Denial rate-10.91 pts vs state
7.5%Decision denial rate-15.27 pts vs state
82.6%Origination rate+23.42 pts vs state
6.49%Median rate-0.13 pts vs state
0.22Rate spread (pts)-0.05 pts vs state
$108kMedian applicant income
57Loans originated
5Denied

Trend in Delaware

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202330226.7%6.93%#132
2024604310.0%6.75%#106
202569577.3%6.49%#101

What First Community Mortgage lends in Delaware

By loan purpose

Home purchase 50 72% · 6.0% denied
Refinance 10 14% · 20.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 8 12% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 1 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 49 71% · 10.2% denied
FHA 14 20% · 0.0% denied
VA 5 7% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 1 1% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Delaware applicants

Collateral 2 40%
Insufficient cash 1 20%
Incomplete application 1 20%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 20%

Where in Delaware

Counties with the most First Community Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
New Castle County 47374 8.5%
Sussex County 11110 0.0%
Kent County 1191 9.1%

Other large lenders in Delaware

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 2,38115.5%6.88%
Wilmington Savings Fund SocietyB 1,80116.6%7.25%
Citizens BankC 1,63329.3%7.65%
PNC BankD 1,49225.1%7.50%
NVR Mortgage FinanceB 1,41418.7%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 1,40813.0%6.13%
Pike Creek Mortgage ServicesB 1,3832.2%6.38%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 1,33732.5%5.99%
NewrezD 1,12718.4%6.50%
Del-One Federal Credit UnionD 1,07041.3%7.00%

Frequently asked questions

Delaware: 69 applications in 2025, of which 57 were originated and 5 denied.

7.3% of all applications, or 7.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Delaware statewide average across all lenders was 18.2%.

The median rate on loans First Community Mortgage originated in Delaware in 2025 was 6.49%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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