First Home Mortgage · Rhode Island · 2025

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

First Home Mortgage took 106 mortgage applications in Rhode Island in 2025, ranking #68 of 453 lenders active in the state. It originated 53.8% of them and denied 16.0% (22.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.7%.

106Applicationsin RI
22.4%Decision denial ratestate 23.2%
6.75%Median ratestate 6.75%
$390,000Median loanstate $255,000
$24MVolume4 counties

First Home Mortgage in Rhode Island vs the state

16.0%Denial rate-2.66 pts vs state
22.4%Decision denial rate-0.80 pts vs state
53.8%Origination rate-5.98 pts vs state
6.75%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.60Rate spread (pts)+0.42 pts vs state
$111kMedian applicant income
57Loans originated
17Denied

Trend in Rhode Island

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023107605.6%6.63%#56
2024132588.3%6.50%#54
20251065716.0%6.75%#68

What First Home Mortgage lends in Rhode Island

By loan purpose

Home purchase 79 75% · 15.2% denied
Refinance 7 7% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 19 18% · 26.3% denied
Home improvement 1 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 75 71% · 12.0% denied
FHA 29 27% · 27.6% denied
VA 2 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Rhode Island applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 9 53%
Other 4 24%
Collateral 3 18%
Unverifiable information 1 6%

Where in Rhode Island

Counties with the most First Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Providence County 944816 17.0%
Kent County 860 0.0%
Bristol County 321 33.3%
Washington County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in Rhode Island

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Citizens BankC 6,32927.8%7.40%
Navigant Credit UnionB 2,84716.1%6.50%
COASTAL1 Credit UnionB 1,93124.3%6.75%
The Washington Trust Company, of WesterlyC 1,75521.9%6.38%
Rocket MortgageC 1,43019.7%6.75%
Movement MortgageA 1,3083.6%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 1,29839.1%6.24%
Primary Residential MortgageC 1,0568.4%6.63%
BankNewportB 1,01419.7%6.63%
CMG MortgageA 9927.6%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

Rhode Island: 106 applications in 2025, of which 57 were originated and 17 denied.

16.0% of all applications, or 22.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Rhode Island statewide average across all lenders was 18.7%.

The median rate on loans First Home Mortgage originated in Rhode Island in 2025 was 6.75%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

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