Southwest Stage Funding · New Mexico · 2025

Southwest Stage Funding in New Mexico: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Southwest Stage Funding took 244 mortgage applications in New Mexico in 2025, ranking #68 of 599 lenders active in the state. It originated 26.2% of them and denied 13.5% (27.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.6%.

244Applicationsin NM
27.1%Decision denial ratestate 24.7%
7.88%Median ratestate 6.63%
$165,000Median loanstate $205,000
$12MVolume27 counties

Southwest Stage Funding in New Mexico vs the state

13.5%Denial rate-5.08 pts vs state
27.1%Decision denial rate+2.39 pts vs state
26.2%Origination rate-27.11 pts vs state
7.88%Median rate+1.25 pts vs state
1.89Rate spread (pts)+1.51 pts vs state
$82kMedian applicant income
64Loans originated
33Denied

Trend in New Mexico

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023704432.9%8.33%#108
20241454315.9%8.15%#82
20252446413.5%7.88%#68

What Southwest Stage Funding lends in New Mexico

By loan purpose

Home purchase 242 99% · 13.6% denied
Refinance 2 1% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 197 81% · 14.2% denied
FHA 42 17% · 11.9% denied
VA 5 2% · 0.0% denied

Why it denied New Mexico applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 14 42%
Other 8 24%
Employment history 5 15%
Collateral 3 9%
Insufficient cash 2 6%
Credit history 1 3%

Where in New Mexico

Counties with the most Southwest Stage Funding applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Doña Ana County 2572 8.0%
Torrance County 1964 21.1%
Lea County 1871 5.6%
Bernalillo County 1721 5.9%
San Miguel County 1782 11.8%
Otero County 1785 29.4%
Santa Fe County 1731 5.9%
Valencia County 1663 18.8%
San Juan County 1212 16.7%
Eddy County 1212 16.7%

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: 244 applications in 2025, of which 64 were originated and 33 denied.

13.5% of all applications, or 27.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Mexico statewide average across all lenders was 18.6%.

The median rate on loans Southwest Stage Funding originated in New Mexico in 2025 was 7.88%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

About this data. Figures are Southwest Stage Funding'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