First Home Mortgage · North Carolina · 2025

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

First Home Mortgage took 440 mortgage applications in North Carolina in 2025, ranking #150 of 1,253 lenders active in the state. It originated 78.9% of them and denied 2.3% (2.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

440Applicationsin NC
2.8%Decision denial ratestate 22.8%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.50%
$345,000Median loanstate $225,000
$129MVolume48 counties

First Home Mortgage in North Carolina vs the state

2.3%Denial rate-15.79 pts vs state
2.8%Decision denial rate-20.02 pts vs state
78.9%Origination rate+21.05 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.29Rate spread (pts)+0.21 pts vs state
$133kMedian applicant income
347Loans originated
10Denied

Trend in North Carolina

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20233872831.0%6.63%#137
20245274153.0%6.63%#123
20254403472.3%6.50%#150

What First Home Mortgage lends in North Carolina

By loan purpose

Home purchase 385 88% · 2.3% denied
Refinance 35 8% · 2.9% denied
Cash-out refinance 14 3% · 0.0% denied
Other / HELOC 6 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 326 74% · 1.5% denied
FHA 71 16% · 7.0% denied
VA 36 8% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 7 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied North Carolina applicants

Unverifiable information 6 60%
Debt-to-income ratio 4 40%

Where in North Carolina

Counties with the most First Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Wake County 1301002 1.5%
Johnston County 79582 2.5%
Harnett County 56482 3.6%
Chatham County 18170 0.0%
Mecklenburg County 17131 5.9%
Durham County 11100 0.0%
Moore County 1090 0.0%
Brunswick County 990 0.0%
Franklin County 840 0.0%
Watauga County 860 0.0%

Other large lenders in North Carolina

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
State Employees'C 47,89325.2%6.25%
Rocket MortgageC 25,10916.0%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 18,88411.4%6.13%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 15,00838.0%7.75%
Truist BankC 14,36430.3%6.50%
Movement MortgageA 11,0912.6%6.63%
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 10,56519.4%7.13%
First-Citizens Bank & TrustB 10,31919.6%6.38%
Bank of AmericaF 10,27628.2%6.24%
Mortgage Research CenterC 10,02917.7%6.25%

Frequently asked questions

North Carolina: 440 applications in 2025, of which 347 were originated and 10 denied.

2.3% of all applications, or 2.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The North Carolina statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

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

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