Home Mortgage Bankers · Puerto Rico · 2025

Home Mortgage Bankers in Puerto Rico: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Home Mortgage Bankers took 678 mortgage applications in Puerto Rico in 2025, ranking #8 of 78 lenders active in the state. It originated 72.6% of them and denied 0.3% (0.4% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.8%.

678Applicationsin PR
0.4%Decision denial ratestate 18.5%
6.50%Median ratestate 6.13%
$125,000Median loanstate $145,000
$74MVolume67 counties

Home Mortgage Bankers in Puerto Rico vs the state

0.3%Denial rate-15.47 pts vs state
0.4%Decision denial rate-18.10 pts vs state
72.6%Origination rate+5.34 pts vs state
6.50%Median rate+0.38 pts vs state
1.47Rate spread (pts)+1.41 pts vs state
$43kMedian applicant income
492Loans originated
2Denied

Trend in Puerto Rico

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20236404881.1%6.75%#10
20246304621.0%6.75%#8
20256784920.3%6.50%#8

What Home Mortgage Bankers lends in Puerto Rico

By loan purpose

Home purchase 627 92% · 0.3% denied
Refinance 6 1% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 45 7% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 9 1% · 0.0% denied
FHA 494 73% · 0.4% denied
VA 30 4% · 0.0% denied
USDA / RHS 145 21% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied Puerto Rico applicants

Other 1 50%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 50%

Where in Puerto Rico

Counties with the most Home Mortgage Bankers applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Carolina Municipio 86630 0.0%
Bayamón Municipio 65530 0.0%
San Juan Municipio 47351 2.1%
Caguas Municipio 37270 0.0%
Cayey Municipio 28200 0.0%
Canóvanas Municipio 25190 0.0%
Trujillo Alto Municipio 21121 4.8%
Fajardo Municipio 21150 0.0%
Toa Alta Municipio 21120 0.0%
Toa Baja Municipio 21160 0.0%

Other large lenders in Puerto Rico

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Banco Popular de Puerto RicoC 3,89420.4%6.25%
Firstbank Puerto RicoC 3,23322.0%5.75%
Oriental BankC 1,70820.0%5.50%
The Money HouseB 1,60210.8%6.00%
First Equity Mortgage BankersD 1,51717.7%6.00%
Preferred MortgageC 73211.6%5.75%
Hr MortgageD 69720.8%6.25%
Metro Island MortgageA 5880.2%5.75%
Trust MortgageC 5598.1%5.75%
Pentagon Federal Credit UnionF 51943.0%5.88%

Frequently asked questions

Puerto Rico: 678 applications in 2025, of which 492 were originated and 2 denied.

0.3% of all applications, or 0.4% of the applications it actually decided on. The Puerto Rico statewide average across all lenders was 15.8%.

The median rate on loans Home Mortgage Bankers originated in Puerto Rico in 2025 was 6.50%, against a statewide median of 6.13%.

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