First Heritage Mortgage · Virginia · 2025

First Heritage Mortgage in Virginia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Heritage Mortgage took 3,232 mortgage applications in Virginia in 2025, ranking #24 of 1,013 lenders active in the state. It originated 81.6% of them and denied 3.0% (3.5% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.9%.

3.2kApplicationsin VA
3.5%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.63%
$405,000Median loanstate $255,000
$1.2BVolume92 counties

First Heritage Mortgage in Virginia vs the state

3.0%Denial rate-12.94 pts vs state
3.5%Decision denial rate-16.72 pts vs state
81.6%Origination rate+22.07 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
0.07Rate spread (pts)-0.15 pts vs state
$144kMedian applicant income
2,637Loans originated
97Denied

Trend in Virginia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232,3651,9081.0%6.63%#28
20243,1082,6350.9%6.50%#20
20253,2322,6373.0%6.38%#24

What First Heritage Mortgage lends in Virginia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,997 93% · 2.9% denied
Refinance 179 6% · 3.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 54 2% · 7.4% denied
Home improvement 2 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,327 72% · 1.9% denied
FHA 530 16% · 7.6% denied
VA 361 11% · 3.3% denied
USDA / RHS 14 0% · 7.1% denied

Why it denied Virginia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 45 46%
Collateral 15 15%
Insufficient cash 13 13%
Unverifiable information 8 8%
Credit history 6 6%
Employment history 5 5%
Other 5 5%

Where in Virginia

Counties with the most First Heritage Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Fairfax County 50941912 2.4%
Henrico County 37429011 2.9%
Prince William County 36731212 3.3%
Chesterfield County 31424514 4.5%
Loudoun County 2331941 0.4%
Albemarle County 1351171 0.7%
Alexandria city 110922 1.8%
Richmond city 103791 1.0%
Fluvanna County 99901 1.0%
Montgomery County 72661 1.4%

Other large lenders in Virginia

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 19,39519.3%7.75%
Rocket MortgageC 19,27414.8%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 13,99410.4%6.12%
Truist BankC 11,83831.6%6.49%
Mortgage Research CenterC 9,00016.7%6.25%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 8,33410.7%6.38%
Freedom MortgageB 8,0296.5%6.25%
Bank of AmericaF 6,58431.9%6.24%
NewrezD 6,39016.4%6.38%
Movement MortgageA 6,1264.3%6.56%

Frequently asked questions

Virginia: 3,232 applications in 2025, of which 2,637 were originated and 97 denied.

3.0% of all applications, or 3.5% of the applications it actually decided on. The Virginia statewide average across all lenders was 15.9%.

The median rate on loans First Heritage Mortgage originated in Virginia in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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