First Home Mortgage · Virginia · 2025

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

First Home Mortgage took 556 mortgage applications in Virginia in 2025, ranking #107 of 1,013 lenders active in the state. It originated 80.6% of them and denied 1.4% (1.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.9%.

556Applicationsin VA
1.8%Decision denial ratestate 20.3%
6.63%Median ratestate 6.63%
$435,000Median loanstate $255,000
$225MVolume57 counties

First Home Mortgage in Virginia vs the state

1.4%Denial rate-14.50 pts vs state
1.8%Decision denial rate-18.50 pts vs state
80.6%Origination rate+21.06 pts vs state
6.63%Median rate0.00 pts vs state
0.26Rate spread (pts)+0.04 pts vs state
$156kMedian applicant income
448Loans originated
8Denied

Trend in Virginia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20235984862.8%6.63%#89
20245984802.8%6.63%#95
20255564481.4%6.63%#107

What First Home Mortgage lends in Virginia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 503 90% · 1.2% denied
Refinance 27 5% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 10 2% · 0.0% denied
Home improvement 10 2% · 10.0% denied
Other / HELOC 6 1% · 16.7% denied

By loan type

Conventional 416 75% · 1.2% denied
FHA 52 9% · 3.9% denied
VA 87 16% · 1.2% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Virginia applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 3 38%
Collateral 3 38%
Other 1 13%
Unverifiable information 1 13%

Where in Virginia

Counties with the most First Home Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Fairfax County 1471154 2.7%
Alexandria city 56430 0.0%
Arlington County 53451 1.9%
Chesterfield County 43360 0.0%
Prince William County 34281 2.9%
Loudoun County 31230 0.0%
Richmond city 23190 0.0%
Henrico County 20190 0.0%
King George County 1080 0.0%
Portsmouth city 870 0.0%

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: 556 applications in 2025, of which 448 were originated and 8 denied.

1.4% of all applications, or 1.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Virginia statewide average across all lenders was 15.9%.

The median rate on loans First Home Mortgage originated in Virginia 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 Virginia, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology