Waterstone Mortgage · New Mexico · 2025

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

Waterstone Mortgage took 2,740 mortgage applications in New Mexico in 2025, ranking #6 of 599 lenders active in the state. It originated 75.3% of them and denied 3.2% (4.0% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 18.6%.

2.7kApplicationsin NM
4.0%Decision denial ratestate 24.7%
6.88%Median ratestate 6.63%
$245,000Median loanstate $205,000
$467MVolume25 counties

Waterstone Mortgage in New Mexico vs the state

3.2%Denial rate-15.42 pts vs state
4.0%Decision denial rate-20.65 pts vs state
75.3%Origination rate+21.99 pts vs state
6.88%Median rate+0.25 pts vs state
0.53Rate spread (pts)+0.15 pts vs state
$84kMedian applicant income
2,064Loans originated
87Denied

Trend in New Mexico

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
20232,1581,6834.2%6.88%#4
20242,9502,2533.7%6.99%#5
20252,7402,0643.2%6.88%#6

What Waterstone Mortgage lends in New Mexico

By loan purpose

Home purchase 2,584 94% · 2.9% denied
Refinance 106 4% · 7.6% denied
Cash-out refinance 49 2% · 6.1% denied
Home improvement 1 0% · 0.0% denied

By loan type

Conventional 1,985 72% · 3.3% denied
FHA 555 20% · 3.6% denied
VA 196 7% · 0.5% denied
USDA / RHS 4 0% · 25.0% denied

Why it denied New Mexico applicants

Other 24 28%
Debt-to-income ratio 21 24%
Collateral 15 17%
Credit history 13 15%
Insufficient cash 9 10%
Unverifiable information 4 5%
Employment history 1 1%

Where in New Mexico

Counties with the most Waterstone Mortgage applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Bernalillo County 1,4161,08231 2.2%
Sandoval County 33425911 3.3%
Santa Fe County 2511766 2.4%
Valencia County 1811378 4.4%
Doña Ana County 130887 5.4%
Los Alamos County 100930 0.0%
Torrance County 85586 7.1%
San Juan County 73517 9.6%
McKinley County 32224 12.5%
Rio Arriba County 25171 4.0%

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%
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%
Loandepot.ComD 1,44124.6%6.75%

Frequently asked questions

New Mexico: 2,740 applications in 2025, of which 2,064 were originated and 87 denied.

3.2% of all applications, or 4.0% of the applications it actually decided on. The New Mexico statewide average across all lenders was 18.6%.

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

About this data. Figures are Waterstone 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