Freedom Mortgage · New Mexico · 2025

Freedom Mortgage in New Mexico: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Freedom Mortgage took 1,304 mortgage applications in New Mexico in 2025, ranking #14 of 599 lenders active in the state. It originated 37.7% of them and denied 9.7% (17.9% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.6%.

1.3kApplicationsin NM
17.9%Decision denial ratestate 24.7%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.63%
$305,000Median loanstate $205,000
$156MVolume29 counties

Freedom Mortgage in New Mexico vs the state

9.7%Denial rate-8.94 pts vs state
17.9%Decision denial rate-6.74 pts vs state
37.7%Origination rate-15.69 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.38 pts vs state
0.08Rate spread (pts)-0.30 pts vs state
$99kMedian applicant income
491Loans originated
126Denied

Trend in New Mexico

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202339415914.2%6.75%#39
20241,0674909.9%6.25%#14
20251,3044919.7%6.25%#14

What Freedom Mortgage lends in New Mexico

By loan purpose

Home purchase 73 6% · 9.6% denied
Refinance 671 51% · 4.3% denied
Cash-out refinance 555 43% · 15.9% denied
Other / HELOC 5 0% · 40.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 176 13% · 12.5% denied
FHA 490 38% · 12.9% denied
VA 637 49% · 6.4% denied
USDA / RHS 1 0% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Mexico applicants

Collateral 44 35%
Credit history 29 23%
Other 23 18%
Debt-to-income ratio 18 14%
Unverifiable information 5 4%
Insufficient cash 4 3%
Incomplete application 3 2%

Where in New Mexico

Counties with the most Freedom Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Bernalillo County 41015939 9.5%
Sandoval County 2338020 8.6%
Doña Ana County 1395111 7.9%
Valencia County 93407 7.5%
Santa Fe County 72259 12.5%
San Juan County 71346 8.5%
Lea County 50185 10.0%
Otero County 36173 8.3%
Curry County 34184 11.8%
Chaves County 29124 13.8%

Other large lenders in New Mexico

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 4,44020.5%6.75%
21st MortgageF 3,99245.5%9.60%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 3,25112.8%6.13%
Guild MortgageA 3,1864.3%6.63%
NusendaD 2,96213.7%8.00%
Waterstone MortgageC 2,7403.2%6.88%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 2,08546.4%9.99%
Sunward Federal Credit UnionB 1,7659.1%6.50%
Mortgage Research CenterC 1,68315.9%6.25%
Primary Residential MortgageC 1,4974.9%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

New Mexico: 1,304 applications in 2025, of which 491 were originated and 126 denied.

9.7% of all applications, or 17.9% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Mexico statewide average across all lenders was 18.6%.

The median rate on loans Freedom Mortgage originated in New Mexico in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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