Hometown Equity Mortgage · New Mexico · 2025

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

Hometown Equity Mortgage took 27 mortgage applications in New Mexico in 2025, ranking #185 of 599 lenders active in the state. It originated 29.6% of them and denied 59.3% (64.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.6%.

27Applicationsin NM
64.0%Decision denial ratestate 24.7%
7.44%Median ratestate 6.63%
$385,000Median loanstate $205,000
$2.6MVolume8 counties

Hometown Equity Mortgage in New Mexico vs the state

59.3%Denial rate+40.66 pts vs state
64.0%Decision denial rate+39.34 pts vs state
29.6%Origination rate-23.71 pts vs state
7.44%Median rate+0.81 pts vs state
1.12Rate spread (pts)+0.74 pts vs state
$174kMedian applicant income
8Loans originated
16Denied

Trend in New Mexico

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20238625.0%8.25%#257
2024231434.8%8.00%#192
202527859.3%7.44%#185

What Hometown Equity Mortgage lends in New Mexico

By loan purpose

Home purchase 9 33% · 22.2% denied
Refinance 5 19% · 80.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 13 48% · 76.9% denied

By loan type

Conventional 25 93% · 64.0% denied
FHA 2 7% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Mexico applicants

Incomplete application 13 81%
Credit history 1 6%
Insufficient cash 1 6%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 6%

Where in New Mexico

Counties with the most Hometown Equity Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Santa Fe County 1034 40.0%
Bernalillo County 725 71.4%
Lea County 303 100.0%
Doña Ana County 211 50.0%
Lincoln County 211 50.0%
San Miguel County 101 100.0%
Colfax County 101 100.0%
Rio Arriba County 110 0.0%

Other large lenders in New Mexico

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Rocket MortgageC 4,44020.5%6.75%
21st MortgageF 3,99245.5%9.60%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 3,25112.8%6.13%
Guild MortgageA 3,1864.3%6.63%
NusendaD 2,96213.7%8.00%
Waterstone MortgageC 2,7403.2%6.88%
Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceF 2,08546.4%9.99%
Sunward Federal Credit UnionB 1,7659.1%6.50%
Mortgage Research CenterC 1,68315.9%6.25%
Primary Residential MortgageC 1,4974.9%6.63%

Frequently asked questions

New Mexico: 27 applications in 2025, of which 8 were originated and 16 denied.

59.3% of all applications, or 64.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Mexico statewide average across all lenders was 18.6%.

The median rate on loans Hometown Equity Mortgage originated in New Mexico in 2025 was 7.44%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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