First Financial Credit Union · New Mexico · 2025

First Financial Credit Union in New Mexico: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Financial Credit Union took 199 mortgage applications in New Mexico in 2025, ranking #78 of 599 lenders active in the state. It originated 68.3% of them and denied 15.1% (18.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.6%.

199Applicationsin NM
18.1%Decision denial ratestate 24.7%
6.94%Median ratestate 6.63%
$125,000Median loanstate $205,000
$21MVolume15 counties

First Financial Credit Union in New Mexico vs the state

15.1%Denial rate-3.52 pts vs state
18.1%Decision denial rate-6.59 pts vs state
68.3%Origination rate+15.00 pts vs state
6.94%Median rate+0.31 pts vs state
0.45Rate spread (pts)+0.07 pts vs state
$85kMedian applicant income
136Loans originated
30Denied

Trend in New Mexico

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231768131.3%8.00%#77
2024825917.1%7.00%#105
202519913615.1%6.94%#78

What First Financial Credit Union lends in New Mexico

By loan purpose

Home purchase 46 23% · 10.9% denied
Refinance 24 12% · 20.8% denied
Cash-out refinance 73 37% · 16.4% denied
Home improvement 11 6% · 9.1% denied
Other / HELOC 45 23% · 15.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 199 100% · 15.1% denied

Why it denied New Mexico applicants

Credit history 15 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 13 43%
Other 2 7%

Where in New Mexico

Counties with the most First Financial Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Bernalillo County 89669 10.1%
Sandoval County 41307 17.1%
Grant County 15111 6.7%
Luna County 1060 0.0%
McKinley County 861 12.5%
Roosevelt County 834 50.0%
Doña Ana County 851 12.5%
San Juan County 741 14.3%
Hidalgo County 202 100.0%
Valencia County 100 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: 199 applications in 2025, of which 136 were originated and 30 denied.

15.1% of all applications, or 18.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Mexico statewide average across all lenders was 18.6%.

The median rate on loans First Financial Credit Union originated in New Mexico in 2025 was 6.94%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are First Financial Credit Union'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