Mortgage Research Center · New Mexico · 2025

Mortgage Research Center in New Mexico: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Mortgage Research Center took 1,683 mortgage applications in New Mexico in 2025, ranking #9 of 599 lenders active in the state. It originated 48.8% of them and denied 15.9% (24.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.6%.

1.7kApplicationsin NM
24.3%Decision denial ratestate 24.7%
6.25%Median ratestate 6.63%
$295,000Median loanstate $205,000
$260MVolume31 counties

Mortgage Research Center in New Mexico vs the state

15.9%Denial rate-2.74 pts vs state
24.3%Decision denial rate-0.34 pts vs state
48.8%Origination rate-4.50 pts vs state
6.25%Median rate-0.38 pts vs state
-0.26Rate spread (pts)-0.64 pts vs state
$96kMedian applicant income
822Loans originated
267Denied

Trend in New Mexico

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20231,29563115.2%6.75%#11
20241,38669514.6%6.25%#11
20251,68382215.9%6.25%#9

What Mortgage Research Center lends in New Mexico

By loan purpose

Home purchase 1,010 60% · 5.3% denied
Refinance 369 22% · 28.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 304 18% · 35.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 134 8% · 22.4% denied
FHA 45 3% · 13.3% denied
VA 1,504 89% · 15.4% denied

Why it denied New Mexico applicants

Credit history 140 52%
Other 76 28%
Incomplete application 34 13%
Debt-to-income ratio 11 4%
Collateral 3 1%
Insufficient cash 2 1%
Employment history 1 0%

Where in New Mexico

Counties with the most Mortgage Research Center applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Bernalillo County 36416966 18.1%
Sandoval County 1938134 17.6%
Otero County 19310428 14.5%
Doña Ana County 1707528 16.5%
Curry County 1477813 8.8%
Valencia County 965118 18.8%
San Juan County 672816 23.9%
Santa Fe County 64319 14.1%
Eddy County 57338 14.0%
Chaves County 43226 14.0%

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%
Primary Residential MortgageC 1,4974.9%6.63%
Loandepot.ComD 1,44124.6%6.75%

Frequently asked questions

New Mexico: 1,683 applications in 2025, of which 822 were originated and 267 denied.

15.9% of all applications, or 24.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Mexico statewide average across all lenders was 18.6%.

The median rate on loans Mortgage Research Center originated in New Mexico in 2025 was 6.25%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Mortgage Research Center'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