Nations Lending · New Mexico · 2025

Nations Lending in New Mexico: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Nations Lending took 169 mortgage applications in New Mexico in 2025, ranking #86 of 599 lenders active in the state. It originated 78.7% of them and denied 4.1% (4.3% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.6%.

169Applicationsin NM
4.3%Decision denial ratestate 24.7%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.63%
$385,000Median loanstate $205,000
$57MVolume15 counties

Nations Lending in New Mexico vs the state

4.1%Denial rate-14.46 pts vs state
4.3%Decision denial rate-20.34 pts vs state
78.7%Origination rate+25.36 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
0.35Rate spread (pts)-0.03 pts vs state
$132kMedian applicant income
133Loans originated
7Denied

Trend in New Mexico

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232331903.4%6.75%#67
20241431192.8%6.88%#83
20251691334.1%6.88%#86

What Nations Lending lends in New Mexico

By loan purpose

Home purchase 125 74% · 1.6% denied
Refinance 17 10% · 0.0% denied
Cash-out refinance 27 16% · 18.5% denied

By loan type

Conventional 133 79% · 1.5% denied
FHA 23 14% · 17.4% denied
VA 13 8% · 7.7% denied

Why it denied New Mexico applicants

Credit history 2 29%
Collateral 2 29%
Other 1 14%
Insufficient cash 1 14%
Debt-to-income ratio 1 14%

Where in New Mexico

Counties with the most Nations Lending applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Santa Fe County 95781 1.1%
Bernalillo County 23200 0.0%
Sandoval County 15141 6.7%
Valencia County 960 0.0%
Doña Ana County 740 0.0%
Lincoln County 541 20.0%
San Juan County 321 33.3%
Rio Arriba County 320 0.0%
Lea County 202 100.0%
Eddy County 210 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: 169 applications in 2025, of which 133 were originated and 7 denied.

4.1% of all applications, or 4.3% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Mexico statewide average across all lenders was 18.6%.

The median rate on loans Nations Lending originated in New Mexico in 2025 was 6.88%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Nations Lending'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