First Home Mortgage · District of Columbia · 2025

First Home Mortgage in District of Columbia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Home Mortgage took 359 mortgage applications in District of Columbia in 2025, ranking #9 of 473 lenders active in the state. It originated 78.0% of them and denied 2.5% (3.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

359Applicationsin DC
3.1%Decision denial ratestate 23.7%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.50%
$445,000Median loanstate $405,000
$141MVolume1 counties

First Home Mortgage in District of Columbia vs the state

2.5%Denial rate-15.55 pts vs state
3.1%Decision denial rate-20.67 pts vs state
78.0%Origination rate+22.48 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate+0.13 pts vs state
0.24Rate spread (pts)+0.19 pts vs state
$150kMedian applicant income
280Loans originated
9Denied

Trend in District of Columbia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20234773805.0%6.49%#7
20244393254.6%6.50%#8
20253592802.5%6.63%#9

What First Home Mortgage lends in District of Columbia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 329 92% · 2.1% denied
Refinance 23 6% · 8.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 3 1% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 3 1% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 309 86% · 1.9% denied
FHA 27 8% · 7.4% denied
VA 23 6% · 4.4% denied

Why it denied District of Columbia applicants

Collateral 8 89%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 11%

Where in District of Columbia

Counties with the most First Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
District of Columbia 3592809 2.5%

Other large lenders in District of Columbia

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 78628.5%7.75%
Rocket MortgageC 67120.7%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 54633.2%5.99%
First Savings MortgageA 5440.9%6.50%
Truist BankC 52941.2%6.25%
PNC BankD 46731.5%6.25%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 4597.6%6.38%
CitibankB 4179.6%6.00%
NewrezD 35323.5%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 32717.4%6.37%

Frequently asked questions

District of Columbia: 359 applications in 2025, of which 280 were originated and 9 denied.

2.5% of all applications, or 3.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The District of Columbia statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans First Home Mortgage originated in District of Columbia in 2025 was 6.63%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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