Hometown Equity Mortgage · District of Columbia · 2025

Hometown Equity Mortgage in District of Columbia: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Hometown Equity Mortgage took 31 mortgage applications in District of Columbia in 2025, ranking #97 of 473 lenders active in the state. It originated 54.8% of them and denied 38.7% (38.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.1%.

31Applicationsin DC
38.7%Decision denial ratestate 23.7%
7.50%Median ratestate 6.50%
$625,000Median loanstate $405,000
$18MVolume1 counties

Hometown Equity Mortgage in District of Columbia vs the state

38.7%Denial rate+20.65 pts vs state
38.7%Decision denial rate+14.97 pts vs state
54.8%Origination rate-0.67 pts vs state
7.50%Median rate+1.00 pts vs state
1.19Rate spread (pts)+1.14 pts vs state
$196kMedian applicant income
17Loans originated
12Denied

Trend in District of Columbia

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202321633.3%9.19%#107
202421761.9%8.00%#112
2025311738.7%7.50%#97

What Hometown Equity Mortgage lends in District of Columbia

By loan purpose

Home purchase 10 32% · 50.0% denied
Refinance 5 16% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 16 52% · 43.8% denied

By loan type

Conventional 31 100% · 38.7% denied

Why it denied District of Columbia applicants

Incomplete application 9 75%
Collateral 2 17%
Other 1 8%

Where in District of Columbia

Counties with the most Hometown Equity Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
District of Columbia 311712 38.7%

Other large lenders in District of Columbia

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Navy Federal Credit UnionD 78628.5%7.75%
Rocket MortgageC 67120.7%6.63%
Bank of AmericaF 54633.2%5.99%
First Savings MortgageA 5440.9%6.50%
Truist BankC 52941.2%6.25%
PNC BankD 46731.5%6.25%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 4597.6%6.38%
CitibankB 4179.6%6.00%
First Home MortgageB 3592.5%6.63%
NewrezD 35323.5%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

District of Columbia: 31 applications in 2025, of which 17 were originated and 12 denied.

38.7% of all applications, or 38.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The District of Columbia statewide average across all lenders was 18.1%.

The median rate on loans Hometown Equity Mortgage originated in District of Columbia in 2025 was 7.50%, against a statewide median of 6.50%.

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