Hometown Equity Mortgage · Montana · 2025

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

Hometown Equity Mortgage took 19 mortgage applications in Montana in 2025, ranking #144 of 553 lenders active in the state. It originated 63.2% of them and denied 36.8% (36.8% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 14.8%.

19Applicationsin MT
36.8%Decision denial ratestate 18.7%
7.25%Median ratestate 6.63%
$505,000Median loanstate $275,000
$6.5MVolume10 counties

Hometown Equity Mortgage in Montana vs the state

36.8%Denial rate+22.02 pts vs state
36.8%Decision denial rate+18.14 pts vs state
63.2%Origination rate+1.18 pts vs state
7.25%Median rate+0.63 pts vs state
0.94Rate spread (pts)+0.70 pts vs state
$245kMedian applicant income
12Loans originated
7Denied

Trend in Montana

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20235140.0%7.63%#227
2025191236.8%7.25%#144

What Hometown Equity Mortgage lends in Montana

By loan purpose

Home purchase 8 42% · 25.0% denied
Refinance 3 16% · 66.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 8 42% · 37.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 19 100% · 36.8% denied

Why it denied Montana applicants

Incomplete application 4 57%
Collateral 2 29%
Credit history 1 14%

Where in Montana

Counties with the most Hometown Equity Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Flathead County 651 16.7%
Yellowstone County 422 50.0%
Ravalli County 211 50.0%
Lake County 101 100.0%
Missoula County 110 0.0%
Musselshell County 110 0.0%
Park County 110 0.0%
Lincoln County 110 0.0%
Lewis and Clark County 101 100.0%
Gallatin County 101 100.0%

Other large lenders in Montana

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Glacier BankD 3,01816.2%7.25%
Stockman Bank of MontanaB 2,9116.3%6.88%
Rocket MortgageC 1,99917.5%6.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 1,8579.2%6.25%
Opportunity Bank of MontanaB 1,6089.8%6.88%
Evergreen Moneysource MortgageB 1,1581.1%6.25%
U.S. BankD 1,02427.1%7.13%
First Interstate BankD 98722.9%8.25%
Mortgage Research CenterC 94016.7%6.13%
Crosscountry MortgageB 9205.1%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

Montana: 19 applications in 2025, of which 12 were originated and 7 denied.

36.8% of all applications, or 36.8% of the applications it actually decided on. The Montana statewide average across all lenders was 14.8%.

The median rate on loans Hometown Equity Mortgage originated in Montana 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 Montana, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology