Sandia Area · New Mexico · 2025

Sandia Area in New Mexico: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Sandia Area took 728 mortgage applications in New Mexico in 2025, ranking #25 of 599 lenders active in the state. It originated 58.4% of them and denied 24.9% (29.6% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.6%.

728Applicationsin NM
29.6%Decision denial ratestate 24.7%
Median ratestate 6.63%
$75,000Median loanstate $205,000
$52MVolume20 counties

Sandia Area in New Mexico vs the state

24.9%Denial rate+6.26 pts vs state
29.6%Decision denial rate+4.92 pts vs state
58.4%Origination rate+5.04 pts vs state
Median rate
Rate spread (pts)
$107kMedian applicant income
425Loans originated
181Denied

Trend in New Mexico

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202365336725.9%#22
202471241923.7%#25
202572842524.9%#25

What Sandia Area lends in New Mexico

By loan purpose

Home purchase 102 14% · 19.6% denied
Refinance 176 24% · 17.1% denied
Cash-out refinance 39 5% · 18.0% denied
Home improvement 208 29% · 23.1% denied
Other / HELOC 203 28% · 37.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 726 100% · 24.8% denied
VA 2 0% · 50.0% denied

Where in New Mexico

Counties with the most Sandia Area applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Bernalillo County 44026690 20.5%
Sandoval County 16110140 24.8%
Santa Fe County 653722 33.8%
Valencia County 20105 25.0%
Doña Ana County 1034 40.0%
Torrance County 522 40.0%
Los Alamos County 310 0.0%
Cibola County 320 0.0%
McKinley County 303 100.0%
Lea County 303 100.0%

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: 728 applications in 2025, of which 425 were originated and 181 denied.

24.9% of all applications, or 29.6% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Mexico statewide average across all lenders was 18.6%.

This lender did not report interest rates on its originated loans (some institutions are exempt from HMDA pricing fields).

About this data. Figures are Sandia Area'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