First Home Mortgage · Maryland · 2025

First Home Mortgage in Maryland: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

First Home Mortgage took 4,496 mortgage applications in Maryland in 2025, ranking #12 of 810 lenders active in the state. It originated 79.2% of them and denied 2.1% (2.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.8%.

4.5kApplicationsin MD
2.6%Decision denial ratestate 24.1%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$365,000Median loanstate $265,000
$1.4BVolume24 counties

First Home Mortgage in Maryland vs the state

2.1%Denial rate-16.66 pts vs state
2.6%Decision denial rate-21.52 pts vs state
79.2%Origination rate+23.45 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.39Rate spread (pts)+0.15 pts vs state
$125kMedian applicant income
3,559Loans originated
96Denied

Trend in Maryland

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20234,5753,5673.0%6.63%#8
20244,5073,5632.4%6.75%#9
20254,4963,5592.1%6.63%#12

What First Home Mortgage lends in Maryland

By loan purpose

Home purchase 3,961 88% · 2.1% denied
Refinance 287 6% · 1.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 105 2% · 1.0% denied
Home improvement 86 2% · 4.7% denied
Other / HELOC 57 1% · 5.3% denied

By loan type

Conventional 2,966 66% · 1.7% denied
FHA 928 21% · 4.0% denied
VA 548 12% · 1.3% denied
USDA / RHS 54 1% · 1.9% denied

Why it denied Maryland applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 31 32%
Collateral 31 32%
Unverifiable information 11 11%
Other 11 11%
Credit history 10 10%
Employment history 2 2%

Where in Maryland

Counties with the most First Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Anne Arundel County 65852611 1.7%
Baltimore city 61648117 2.8%
Baltimore County 54642411 2.0%
Prince George's County 41530124 5.8%
Montgomery County 3863047 1.8%
St. Mary's County 3652985 1.4%
Calvert County 2201802 0.9%
Harford County 2181784 1.8%
Howard County 2091643 1.4%
Charles County 1641274 2.4%

Other large lenders in Maryland

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 12,80616.8%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 11,43623.0%8.00%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 9,30716.0%6.13%
Truist BankC 6,55934.9%6.49%
Bank of AmericaF 6,05135.8%6.24%
NewrezD 5,73921.0%6.63%
State Employees Credit Union of MarylandD 5,62444.6%6.25%
PNC BankD 5,58228.0%7.41%
Manufacturers and Traders TrustC 5,49732.0%5.99%
Pennymac Loan ServicesC 5,41112.4%6.49%

Frequently asked questions

Maryland: 4,496 applications in 2025, of which 3,559 were originated and 96 denied.

2.1% of all applications, or 2.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The Maryland statewide average across all lenders was 18.8%.

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

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