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Home Mortgage Alliance Corporation (HMAC) review: approval odds, rates and grade (2025)

Home Mortgage Alliance Corporation (HMAC) earns an F, in the bottom tier of mid-size mortgage lenders. It turned down 25.7% of the applications it decided on in 2025, which ranks in the 13th percentile for approval odds. Its median loan was priced 1.31 points above the average prime offer rate, ranking in the 3rd percentile on pricing. Compared against 581 mid-size mortgage lenders using 2025 HMDA filings.

3.9kApplications2025
50.5%Originatedof applications
25.7%Decision denial ratenational 22.6%
7.38%Median ratenational 6.63%
$763MLoan volume46 states

Home Mortgage Alliance Corporation (HMAC) at a glance, 2025

Every figure is from the lender's own HMDA filing. "vs national" compares with all lenders combined.

18.4%Denial rate (all applications)+0.45 pts vs national
25.7%Denial rate (decided applications)+3.14 pts vs national
50.5%Origination rate-7.50 pts vs national
28.4%Withdrawn by applicant
0.0%Closed for incompleteness
7.38%Median interest rate+0.75 pts vs national
1.31Median rate spread (pts over APOR)+1.06 pts vs national
$335,000Median loan amount
$11,637Median total loan costs
$156kMedian applicant income
80%Median loan-to-value
0High-cost (HOEPA) loans

How the F grade breaks down

Each component is a percentile rank among 581 mid-size mortgage lenders. Higher is better. Components the lender does not report are left out and the weights redistributed.

Approval oddsdecision denial rate, weight 45%

13th25.7% denied

Pricingmedian rate spread over APOR, weight 30%

3rd1.31 pts

Processwithdrawn + incomplete share, weight 15%

12th28.4%

Closing coststotal loan costs ÷ loan amount, weight 10%

15th3.47% of loan

Trend, 2023–2025

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateDecision denialMedian rateVolume
20233,2261,43513.9%19.5%8.13%$516M
20243,9972,0604.9%6.9%7.75%$722M
20253,8851,96318.4%25.7%7.38%$763M

What Home Mortgage Alliance Corporation (HMAC) lends

Applications by purpose and loan type in 2025, with the denial rate for each. A lender's mix explains a lot of its headline rate: HELOCs and FHA loans are denied far more often than conventional purchase loans.

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,926 50% · 14.9% denied
Refinance 320 8% · 27.5% denied
Cash-out refinance 1,639 42% · 20.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 3,013 78% · 18.6% denied
FHA 841 22% · 18.0% denied
VA 31 1% · 16.1% denied

Also: 0 home-equity lines, 0 reverse mortgages, 36 manufactured homes, 966 investment properties.

Why Home Mortgage Alliance Corporation (HMAC) denies applications

Primary reason reported for each of the 716 denials in 2025. Lenders can cite up to four reasons; this is the first one listed.

Incomplete application 280 39%
Other 163 23%
Collateral 83 12%
Debt-to-income ratio 79 11%
Credit history 40 6%
Unverifiable information 25 3%
Insufficient cash 25 3%
Employment history 20 3%
Mortgage insurance denied 1 0%

How these reasons compare nationally →

Who gets approved at Home Mortgage Alliance Corporation (HMAC)

Decision denial rate by applicant profile. Groups with fewer than 20 applications are omitted.

Applicant incomeApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under $50k822649.1%
$50k – $100k70035126.2%
$100k – $150k72637724.1%
$150k – $250k78039726.9%
Over $250k92449025.7%
Applicant ageApplicationsOriginatedDecision denial rate
Under 251235434.9%
25–3451529022.0%
35–441,01752524.4%
45–541,04149428.9%
55–6472338124.1%
65–7424111828.8%
Over 74924139.4%

Where Home Mortgage Alliance Corporation (HMAC) lends

46 states and 449 counties in 2025. Click a state for the lender's full record there.

StateApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
California1,82192021.4%7.63%#111
Florida46122818.0%7.50%#250
Minnesota24113014.5%6.88%#129
Texas23510017.9%6.99%#388
Virginia17110111.1%6.88%#220
Georgia1276411.0%6.88%#304
Arizona935111.8%7.63%#253
New Jersey803912.5%9.00%#294
Ohio68485.9%6.88%#369
Illinois673319.4%8.25%#416
Maryland653315.4%7.25%#291
Nevada421823.8%8.69%#221
Washington422519.1%7.38%#308
North Carolina321215.6%7.38%#463
Pennsylvania32229.4%7.63%#544
Tennessee281514.3%7.19%#491
Massachusetts261311.5%7.13%#395
Colorado25736.0%8.75%#395
Utah241212.5%8.44%#226
Hawaii211319.1%8.00%#127
South Carolina201010.0%7.06%#455
Oregon18716.7%6.88%#302
Oklahoma14714.3%7.63%#362
Indiana13315.4%8.13%#515
Kentucky1380.0%7.50%#387
Michigan13538.5%7.88%#487
Wisconsin12558.3%7.50%#473
Louisiana10520.0%7.38%#376
Alabama9311.1%6.88%#493
Idaho8225.0%7.00%#291
Missouri8412.5%7.81%#533
Connecticut770.0%7.13%#401
Mississippi6050.0%#326
New Mexico6216.7%9.69%#302
Alaska530.0%7.63%#134

Frequently asked questions

Home Mortgage Alliance Corporation (HMAC) denied 25.7% of the applications it decided on in 2025. The national figure across all lenders was 22.6%. On approval odds it ranks in the 13th percentile of mid-size mortgage lenders.

The most common reason Home Mortgage Alliance Corporation (HMAC) gave in 2025 was "incomplete application", cited on 39.1% of its denials. Lenders report up to four reasons per denial to the CFPB; the full breakdown is on this page.

The median interest rate on loans Home Mortgage Alliance Corporation (HMAC) originated in 2025 was 7.38%, and its median rate spread over the average prime offer rate was 1.31 points. Rates on this page are what borrowers actually got, not advertised rates.

In 2025, 50% of its applications were for home purchases, 50% for refinancing (including cash-out), and 0% for home improvement or other purposes. By loan type: 78% conventional, 22% FHA, 1% VA.

Every figure on this page comes from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register published by the CFPB, which lenders are required by federal law to file. We add the grade and the comparisons; we do not add facts.

About this data. HMDA data is published once a year by the CFPB. The current release covers applications acted on in calendar year 2025. Figures describe applications the lender acted on, including loans it later sold. Interest rates and costs are medians on originated loans only; some depository institutions are exempt from reporting pricing fields, which is why a few cells read "—". MortgageGrades is not affiliated with Home Mortgage Alliance Corporation (HMAC). Data sources · Methodology