Hometown Equity Mortgage · Missouri · 2025

Hometown Equity Mortgage in Missouri: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Hometown Equity Mortgage took 109 mortgage applications in Missouri in 2025, ranking #257 of 1,023 lenders active in the state. It originated 58.7% of them and denied 36.7% (38.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 15.1%.

109Applicationsin MO
38.1%Decision denial ratestate 18.7%
7.25%Median ratestate 6.63%
$185,000Median loanstate $175,000
$14MVolume19 counties

Hometown Equity Mortgage in Missouri vs the state

36.7%Denial rate+21.63 pts vs state
38.1%Decision denial rate+19.40 pts vs state
58.7%Origination rate-3.94 pts vs state
7.25%Median rate+0.63 pts vs state
1.73Rate spread (pts)+1.38 pts vs state
$137kMedian applicant income
64Loans originated
40Denied

Trend in Missouri

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023251052.0%9.31%#398
2024402337.5%8.00%#363
20251096436.7%7.25%#257

What Hometown Equity Mortgage lends in Missouri

By loan purpose

Home purchase 21 19% · 33.3% denied
Refinance 34 31% · 41.2% denied
Cash-out refinance 54 50% · 35.2% denied

By loan type

Conventional 109 100% · 36.7% denied

Why it denied Missouri applicants

Incomplete application 34 85%
Collateral 4 10%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 3%
Credit history 1 3%

Where in Missouri

Counties with the most Hometown Equity Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Jackson County 503416 32.0%
St. Louis city 1265 41.7%
St. Louis County 1174 36.4%
Greene County 908 88.9%
Jefferson County 431 25.0%
Clay County 431 25.0%
St. Charles County 330 0.0%
Stone County 312 66.7%
Camden County 201 50.0%
Lafayette County 210 0.0%

Other large lenders in Missouri

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 10,46018.4%6.63%
Flat Branch MortgageA 8,9990.9%6.63%
Guild MortgageA 7,3882.5%6.63%
U.S. BankD 7,19032.8%7.63%
The Central Trust BankC 7,0229.7%6.63%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 6,7108.0%6.55%
Communityamerica Credit UnionB 5,84316.8%6.49%
Mortgage Research CenterC 5,73415.6%6.25%
Broker SolutionsD 5,0077.8%6.88%
Commerce BankD 4,90527.2%6.72%

Frequently asked questions

Missouri: 109 applications in 2025, of which 64 were originated and 40 denied.

36.7% of all applications, or 38.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Missouri statewide average across all lenders was 15.1%.

The median rate on loans Hometown Equity Mortgage originated in Missouri in 2025 was 7.25%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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